Optimal control of light pulse storage and retrieval.
We demonstrate experimentally a procedure to obtain the maximum efficiency for the storage and retrieval of light pulses in atomic media. The procedure uses time-reversal to obtain optimal input signal pulse shapes. Experimental results in warm Rb vapor are in good agreement with theoretical predictions and demonstrate a substantial improvement of efficiency. This optimization procedure is applicable to a wide range of systems.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Irina
I
Novikova
Alexey V
AV
Gorshkov
David F
DF
Phillips
Anders S
AS
Sørensen
Mikhail D
MD
Lukin
Ronald L
RL
Walsworth