Non-diffracting Optical Beams in a Three-level Raman System

Details Non-diffracting Optical Beams in a Three-level Raman System Non-diffracting Optical Beams in a Three-level Raman System

2011-08-09

arxiv.org/abs/1108.1875v1

Phys. Rev. A 84, 043842 (2011)

Physics

Quantum Physics

8 pages, 7 figures

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Diffractionless propagation of optical beams through atomic vapors is investigated. The atoms in the vapor are operated in a three-level Raman configuration. A suitably chosen control beam couples to one of the transitions, and thereby creates a spatially varying index of refraction modulation in the warm atomic vapor for a probe beam which couples to the other transition in the atoms. We show that a Laguerre-Gaussian control beam allows to propagate single Gaussian probe field modes as well as multi-Gaussian modes and non-Gaussian modes over macroscopic distances without diffraction. This opens perspectives for the propagation of arbitrary images through warm atomic vapors.

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