Electromagnetically induced transparency and light storage in an atomic Mott insulator

U. Schnorrberger; J. D. Thompson; S. Trotzky; R. Pugatch; N. Davidson; S. Kuhr; I. Bloch

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.033003

Electromagnetically induced transparency and light storage in an atomic Mott insulator

U. Schnorrberger, J. D. Thompson, S. Trotzky, R. Pugatch, N. Davidson, S. Kuhr, I. Bloch

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We experimentally demonstrate electromagnetically induced transparency and light storage with ultracold Rb87 atoms in a Mott insulating state in a three-dimensional optical lattice. We have observed light storage times of 240ms, to our knowledge the longest ever achieved in ultracold atomic samples. Using the differential light shift caused by a spatially inhomogeneous far detuned light field we imprint a "phase gradient" across the atomic sample, resulting in controlled angular redirection of the retrieved light pulse.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	033003
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	103
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.033003
State	Published - Aug 6 2009
Externally published	Yes

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