Citation
Df. Phillips et al., Storage of light in atomic vapor, PHYS REV L, 86(5), 2001, pp. 783-786
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007
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Volume
86
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
783 - 786
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20010129)86:5<783:SOLIAV>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We report an experiment in which a light pulse is effectively decelerated a
nd trapped in a vapor of Rb atoms, stored for a controlled period of time,
and then released on demand. We accomplish this "storage of light" by dynam
ically reducing the group velocity of the light pulse to zero, so that the
coherent excitation of the light is reversibly mapped into a Zeeman (spin)
coherence of the Rb vapor.