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View SchemaStorage of light: A useful concept?
| Authors | M. G. Payne, L. Deng |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0203075 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0203075 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0030-4018(02)01684-X |
Abstract
We show both analytically and numerically that photons from a probe pulse are not stored in several recent experiments. Rather, they are absorbed to produce a two-photon excitation. More importantly, when an identical coupling pulse is re-injected into the medium, we show that the regenerated optical field has a pulse width that is very different from the original probe field. It is therefore, not a faithful copy of the original probe pulse.
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