title: Fast optical switching via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage.
abstract: We demonstrate a new approach to fast optical switching with a technique based on stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in which a laser pulse switches the probe field on and off via another coupling pulse. This new kind of optical switching is not limited by the decay rate of an excited state and can operate in the subnanosecond time domain. The experimental observation in Rb atomic vapor is in good agreement with numerical simulations.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Quantum Studies, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Sautenkov
authors.forename: Y V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Rostovtsev
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Scully