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View SchemaUltraslow light propagation in an inhomogeneously broadened rare-earth ion-doped crystal
| Authors | Elisa Baldit, Kamel Bencheikh, Paul Monnier, Juan Ariel Levenson, Vincent Rouget |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0503060 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0503060 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.143601 |
Abstract
We show that Coherent Population Oscillations effect allows to burn a narrow spectral hole (26Hz) within the homogeneous absorption line of the optical transition of an Erbium ion-doped crystal. The large dispersion of the index of refraction associated with this hole permits to achieve a group velocity as low as 2.7m/s with a ransmission of 40%. We especially benefit from the inhomogeneous absorption broadening of the ions to tune both the transmission coefficient, from 40% to 90%, and the light group velocity from 2.7m/s to 100m/s.
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"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.143601",
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