Universal Approach to Optimal Photon Storage in Atomic Media
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- Physics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)
- Fachbereich Physik, Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern, 67633 Kaiserslautern (Germany)
- QUANTOP, Danish National Research Foundation Centre of Quantum Optics, Niels Bohr Institute, DK-2100 Copenhagen O (Denmark)
We present a universal physical picture for describing storage and retrieval of photon wave packets in a {lambda}-type atomic medium. This physical picture encompasses a variety of different approaches to pulse storage ranging from adiabatic reduction of the photon group velocity and pulse-propagation control via off-resonant Raman fields to photon-echo-based techniques. Furthermore, we derive an optimal control strategy for storage and retrieval of a photon wave packet of any given shape. All these approaches, when optimized, yield identical maximum efficiencies, which only depend on the optical depth of the medium.
- OSTI ID:
- 20951123
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.123601; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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