Stationary Light Pulses in Cold Atomic Media

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2008-11-18

arxiv.org/abs/0811.2830v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 213601 (2009)

Physics

Optics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.213601

Stationary light pulses (SLPs), i.e., light pulses without motion, are formed via the retrieval of stored probe pulses with two counter-propagating coupling fields. We show that there exist non-negligible hybrid Raman excitations in media of cold atoms that prohibit the SLP formation. We experimentally demonstrate a method to suppress these Raman excitations and realize SLPs in laser-cooled atoms. Our work opens the way to SLP studies in cold as well as in stationary atoms and provides a new avenue to low-light-level nonlinear optics.

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