Wide-Bandwidth, Tunable, Multiple-Pulse-Width Optical Delays Using Slow Light in Cesium Vapor

Ryan M. Camacho, Michael V. Pack, John C. Howell, Aaron Schweinsberg, and Robert W. Boyd
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 153601 – Published 10 April 2007

Abstract

We demonstrate an all-optical delay line in hot cesium vapor that tunably delays 275 ps input pulses up to 6.8 ns and 740 input ps pulses up to 59 ns (group index of approximately 200) with little pulse distortion. The delay is made tunable with a fast reconfiguration time (hundreds of ns) by optically pumping out of the atomic ground states.

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  • Received 13 September 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.153601

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Ryan M. Camacho, Michael V. Pack, and John C. Howell

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA

Aaron Schweinsberg and Robert W. Boyd

  • Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA

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Vol. 98, Iss. 15 — 13 April 2007

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