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Optimal Control of Light Pulse Storage and Retrieval

Irina Novikova, Alexey V. Gorshkov, David F. Phillips, Anders S. Sørensen, Mikhail D. Lukin, and Ronald L. Walsworth
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 243602 – Published 15 June 2007

Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally a procedure to obtain the maximum efficiency for the storage and retrieval of light pulses in atomic media. The procedure uses time-reversal to obtain optimal input signal pulse shapes. Experimental results in warm Rb vapor are in good agreement with theoretical predictions and demonstrate a substantial improvement of efficiency. This optimization procedure is applicable to a wide range of systems.

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  • Received 27 February 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.243602

©2007 American Physical Society

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Irina Novikova1,2, Alexey V. Gorshkov3, David F. Phillips1, Anders S. Sørensen4, Mikhail D. Lukin3, and Ronald L. Walsworth1,3

  • 1Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
  • 3Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
  • 4QUANTOP, Danish National Research Foundation Centre of Quantum Optics, Niels Bohr Institute, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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Vol. 98, Iss. 24 — 15 June 2007

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