Propagation of light pulse in an ultra-cold atomic vapor: mechanism for the loss of the probe field

L. Deng; M. G. Payne; E. W. Hagley

doi:10.1016/s0030-4018(01)01506-1

Propagation of light pulse in an ultra-cold atomic vapor: mechanism for the loss of the probe field

L. Deng, M. G. Payne, E. W. Hagley

Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Abstract

We examine the role of nearby hyper-fine levels in a three-level transparency driven system in which a slow group velocity of light propagation is anticipated. In addition to accounting for the significant (>80%) probe field loss, our theory can accurately model the significant (near 30%) pulse broadening found in two recent experiments. Other excitation schemes for reducing the absorption from nearby levels are discussed.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	129-133
Number of pages	5
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	198
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0030-4018(01)01506-1
State	Published - Oct 15 2001

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Electromagnetically induced transparency
Four-level system
Group velocity
Wave propagation

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Propagation of light pulse in an ultra-cold atomic vapor: mechanism for the loss of the probe field

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