Stopping Light All-Optically

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2003-12-03

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0312027v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

18 pages including 3 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.083901

We show that light pulses can be stopped and stored all-optically, with a process that involves an adiabatic and reversible pulse bandwidth compression occurring entirely in the optical domain. Such a process overcomes the fundamental bandwidth-delay constraint in optics, and can generate arbitrarily small group velocities for light pulses with a given bandwidth, without the use of any coherent or resonant light-matter interactions. We exhibit this process in optical resonator systems, where the pulse bandwidth compression is accomplished only by small refractive index modulations performed at moderate speeds. (Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett. Submitted on Sept. 10th 2003)

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