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Title: Photon storage in {lambda}-type optically dense atomic media. I. Cavity model

Abstract

In a recent paper [Gorshkov et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 123601 (2007)], we used a universal physical picture to optimize and demonstrate equivalence between a wide range of techniques for storage and retrieval of photon wave packets in {lambda}-type atomic media in free space, including the adiabatic reduction of the photon group velocity, pulse-propagation control via off-resonant Raman techniques, and photon-echo-based techniques. In the present paper, we perform the same analysis for the cavity model. In particular, we show that the retrieval efficiency is equal to C/(1+C) independent of the retrieval technique, where C is the cooperativity parameter. We also derive the optimal strategy for storage and, in particular, demonstrate that at any detuning one can store, with the optimal efficiency of C/(1+C), any smooth input mode satisfying TC{gamma}>>1 and a certain class of resonant input modes satisfying TC{gamma}{approx}1, where T is the duration of the input mode and 2{gamma} is the transition linewidth. In the two subsequent papers of the series, we present the full analysis of the free-space model and discuss the effects of inhomogeneous broadening on photon storage.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Physics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)
  2. QUANTOP, Danish National Research Foundation Centre of Quantum Optics, Niels Bohr Institute, DK-2100 Copenhagen O (Denmark)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21020574
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 76; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.033804; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CONTROL; EFFICIENCY; PHOTON-ATOM COLLISIONS; PHOTONS; PULSES; REDUCTION; STORAGE; VELOCITY; WAVE PACKETS

Citation Formats

Gorshkov, Alexey V, Andre, Axel, Lukin, Mikhail D, and Soerensen, Anders S. Photon storage in {lambda}-type optically dense atomic media. I. Cavity model. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.033804.
Gorshkov, Alexey V, Andre, Axel, Lukin, Mikhail D, & Soerensen, Anders S. Photon storage in {lambda}-type optically dense atomic media. I. Cavity model. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.033804
Gorshkov, Alexey V, Andre, Axel, Lukin, Mikhail D, and Soerensen, Anders S. 2007. "Photon storage in {lambda}-type optically dense atomic media. I. Cavity model". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.033804.
@article{osti_21020574,
title = {Photon storage in {lambda}-type optically dense atomic media. I. Cavity model},
author = {Gorshkov, Alexey V and Andre, Axel and Lukin, Mikhail D and Soerensen, Anders S},
abstractNote = {In a recent paper [Gorshkov et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 123601 (2007)], we used a universal physical picture to optimize and demonstrate equivalence between a wide range of techniques for storage and retrieval of photon wave packets in {lambda}-type atomic media in free space, including the adiabatic reduction of the photon group velocity, pulse-propagation control via off-resonant Raman techniques, and photon-echo-based techniques. In the present paper, we perform the same analysis for the cavity model. In particular, we show that the retrieval efficiency is equal to C/(1+C) independent of the retrieval technique, where C is the cooperativity parameter. We also derive the optimal strategy for storage and, in particular, demonstrate that at any detuning one can store, with the optimal efficiency of C/(1+C), any smooth input mode satisfying TC{gamma}>>1 and a certain class of resonant input modes satisfying TC{gamma}{approx}1, where T is the duration of the input mode and 2{gamma} is the transition linewidth. In the two subsequent papers of the series, we present the full analysis of the free-space model and discuss the effects of inhomogeneous broadening on photon storage.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.033804},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21020574}, journal = {Physical Review. A},
issn = {1050-2947},
number = 3,
volume = 76,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Sat Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}