Abstract
Light storage in atomic ensembles has been implemented successfully, but the retrieval efficiency can be low. We propose to improve this efficiency with appropriately phase-matched backward propagating retrieval. This method allows for easy spatial filtering of the retrieved light; in addition, multiple optical modes can be stored in the transverse momentum of the ensemble. We model walk-off effects with a full numerical simulation, and confirm the applicability of the scheme.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 033806 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Physical Review A |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Sept 2008 |