Observations of self-induced ultraslow light in a persistent spectral hole burning medium.
We present observations of self induced ultraslow light in a persistent spectral hole-burning rare-earth doped crystal. The observed group delay (velocity) is as long as 40 micros (75 m/s), which is comparable to that obtained using electromagnetically induced transparency or coherent population oscillations. We analyze the observed ultraslow light as a function of frequency detuning, light intensity, and atom population (oscillator strength). The present observation of ultraslow light in a persistent spectral hole-burning medium gives potentials to all-optical information processing such as on-demand all-optical buffer memories.
Hahn
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Center for Photon Information Processing, and the Graduate School of Information and Telecommunications Inha University, Nam-gu, Incheon, S Korea.
Ham
B S
BS
D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008027:Light; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
D008674:Metals, Rare Earth