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Slowing down of light pulses using backward-wave four-wave mixing with local response
Konstantin ShcherbinHans-rudolf JauslinPierre MatheyAlexei A. KamshilinGrégory Gadretsubject
PhysicsConjugate beam methodElectromagnetically induced transparencybusiness.industryPhase (waves)Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSlow lightAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsPulse (physics)Four-wave mixingOpticsbusinessPhase conjugationMixing (physics)description
The slowing down of light pulses is achieved using backward-wave four-wave mixing in a medium with local response. A Bi12TiO20 crystal with an external dc field is used in the experiment as a proof-of-concept material. The delay and shape transformation of output pulses are studied and compared for the transmitted and phase conjugate channels. It is shown that the phase conjugate pulse achieves a longer delay under typical experimental conditions with equal intensities of the pump beams. This advantage of the phase conjugate beam is especially pronounced for short pulses with half-widths smaller than the response time of the medium. The agreement of the experimental results with numerical calculations confirms the validity of the previously developed theoretical model. Analytical solutions are derived for input pulses with triangular shapes.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-26 | Journal of the Optical Society of America B |