Theory of dark-state polariton collapses and revivals

We investigate the dynamics of dark-state polaritons in an atomic ensemble with ground-state degeneracy. A signal light pulse may be stored and retrieved from the atomic sample by adiabatic variation of the amplitude of a control field. During the storage process, a magnetic field causes rotation of...

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Main Authors: Jenkins, S. D. (Author), Matsukevich, D. N. (Author), Chanelière, T. (Author), Kuzmich, A. (Author), Kennedy, T. A. B. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2006-02-22.
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520 |a We investigate the dynamics of dark-state polaritons in an atomic ensemble with ground-state degeneracy. A signal light pulse may be stored and retrieved from the atomic sample by adiabatic variation of the amplitude of a control field. During the storage process, a magnetic field causes rotation of the atomic hyperfine coherences, leading to collapses and revivals of the dark-state polariton number. These collapses and revivals should be observable in measurements of the retrieved signal field, as a function of storage time and magnetic field orientation 
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