Light storage via coherent population oscillation in a thermal cesium vapor

A. J.F. De Almeida; J. Sales; M. A. Maynard; T. Lauprêtre; F. Bretenaker; D. Felinto; F. Goldfarb; J. W.R. Tabosa

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.90.043803

Light storage via coherent population oscillation in a thermal cesium vapor

A. J.F. De Almeida, J. Sales, M. A. Maynard, T. Lauprêtre, F. Bretenaker, D. Felinto, F. Goldfarb, J. W.R. Tabosa

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We report on the storage of light via the phenomenon of coherent population oscillation (CPO) in an atomic cesium vapor at room temperature. In the experiment the optical information of a probe field is stored in the CPO of two ground states of a Λ three-level system formed by the Zeeman sublevels of the hyperfine transition F=3→F′=2 of the cesium D2 line. We show directly that this CPO-based memory is very insensitive to stray magnetic field inhomogeneities and presents a lifetime which is limited mainly by atomic motion. A theoretical simulation of the measured spectra was also developed and is in very good agreement with the experiment.

Original language	English
Article number	043803
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	90
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.043803
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Light storage via coherent population oscillation in a thermal cesium vapor

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