Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Light Storage in an Atomic Mott Insulator

U. Schnorrberger, J. D. Thompson, S. Trotzky, R. Pugatch, N. Davidson, S. Kuhr, and I. Bloch
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 033003 – Published 17 July 2009

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate electromagnetically induced transparency and light storage with ultracold Rb87 atoms in a Mott insulating state in a three-dimensional optical lattice. We have observed light storage times of 240ms, to our knowledge the longest ever achieved in ultracold atomic samples. Using the differential light shift caused by a spatially inhomogeneous far detuned light field we imprint a “phase gradient” across the atomic sample, resulting in controlled angular redirection of the retrieved light pulse.

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  • Received 1 March 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.033003

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

U. Schnorrberger1, J. D. Thompson1,2, S. Trotzky1, R. Pugatch3, N. Davidson3, S. Kuhr1, and I. Bloch1,4

  • 1Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Institut für Physik, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
  • 2Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
  • 3Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
  • 4Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany

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Vol. 103, Iss. 3 — 17 July 2009

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