Chinese Optics Letters, 2013, 11 (1): 012701, Published Online: Jan. 15, 2013
Storage and retrieval of ultraslow optical solitons in coherent atomic system Download: 541次
190.5530 Pulse propagation and temporal solitons 270.1670 Coherent optical effects 270.5530 Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
Abstract
We investigate the propagation of intense probe pulses in a lifetime broadened \Lambda-type three-level atomic system with a configuration of electromagnetically induced transparency. We find that ultraslow optical solitons formed by a balance between dispersion and nonlinearity can be stored and retrieved in the system by switching off and on a control field. Such pulses are robust during storage and retrieval, and hence may have potential applications in optical and quantum information processing.
Zhengyang Bai, Chao Hang, Guoxiang Huang. Storage and retrieval of ultraslow optical solitons in coherent atomic system[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2013, 11(1): 012701.