Storage and retrieval of light pulses in atomic media with “slow” and “fast” light
- 3 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 73 (3), 033806
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.73.033806
Abstract
We report experimental evidence that light storage, understood as the controlled release of a light pulse by an atomic sample dependent on the past presence of a writing pulse, is not restricted to small-group-velocity media but can also occur in a negative-group-velocity medium. We present a numerical modeling in close agreement with our observations and a simple physical picture applicable to light storage experiments in both “slow” and “fast” light media.Keywords
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