Application of slow light: a DARPA perspective

Lowell, J. R.; Parra, E.

doi:10.1117/12.601706

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“…This electromagneticpropagation phenomenon has become know as slow light. The investigation of the slow light produced by electromagnetically induced transparency, as well as by related pump-probe optical phenomena, has become the subject of intense theoretical and experimental activity, because of potential applications for optical delay lines (Lowell and Parra 2005) and for quantum information storage and retrieval (Lukin 2003).…”

Section: Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Related Pump-pr...mentioning

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Liouville-spaceR-matrix-Floquet description of atomic radiative processes involving autoionizing states in the presence of intense electromagnetic fields

Jacobs¹,

Burke²,

Potvliege³

2014

J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys.

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Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. which can provide a non-perturbative treatment of the interaction of a classical, multiplemode electromagnetic field with a quantum system. This quantum system may correspond to a many-electron, bound atomic system and a single continuum electron.However, including pseudo-states in the expansion of the many-electron atomic wave function can provide a representation of multiple continuum electrons. The "dressed" many-electron atomic states thereby obtained can be used in a realistic non-perturbative evaluation of the transition probabilities for an extensive class of atomic collision and radiation processes in the presence of intense electromagnetic fields. In order to incorporate environmental relaxation and decoherence phenomena, we propose to utilize the ordinary Hilbert-space (Hamiltonian) R-matrix-Floquet method as a starting-point for a Liouville-space (reduced-density-operator) formulation. To illustrate how the Liouvillespace R-matrix-Floquet formulation can be implemented for coherent atomic radiative processes, we discuss applications to electromagnetically induced transparency, as well 3 as to related pump-probe optical phenomena, and also to the unified description of radiative and dielectronic recombination in electron-ion beam interactions and hightemperature plasmas.

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confidence: 99%

Liouville-spaceR-matrix-Floquet description of atomic radiative processes involving autoionizing states in the presence of intense electromagnetic fields

Jacobs¹,

Burke²,

Potvliege³

2014

J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys.

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“…This possibility has in principle been demonstrated in miniaturized Cesium cells fabricated at NIST [12][13][14] . Finally, new avenues for future all-optical (quantum) communication systems including elements such as optical delay lines, optical buffers, optical switches, wavelength converters, nonclassical photon sources, and single-photon detectors are being pursued by individual research groups and within the framework of larger government-sponsored efforts such as the DARPA Slow Light program 15 .…”

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Rubidium spectroscopy on a chip

Schmidt

Yang

et al. 2007

SPIE Proceedings

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We review the current status of integrating optical quantum interference effects such as electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), slow light, and highly efficient nonlinear processes on a semiconductor chip. A necessary prerequisite for combining effects such as slow light and related phenomena with the convenience of integrated optics is the development of integrated alkali vapor cells. Here, we describe the development of integrated rubidium cells based on hollow-core antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides (ARROWs). Hollow-core waveguides were fabricated on a silicon platform using conventional microfabrication and filled with rubidium vapor using different methods. Rubidium absorption through the waveguides was successfully observed which opens the way to integrated atomic and molecular on a chip. The realization of quantum coherence effects requires additional surface treatment of the waveguide walls, and the effects of the surface coating on the waveguide properties are presented.

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Atomic spectroscopy and quantum optics in hollow‐core waveguides

Schmidt

Hawkins

2010

Laser & Photonics Reviews

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Atomic spectroscopy is a well-established, integral part of the physicist's toolbox with an extremely broad range of applications ranging from astronomy to single atom quantum optics. While highly desirable, miniaturization of atomic spectroscopy techniques on the chip scale was hampered by the apparent incompatibility of conventional solid-state integrated optics and gaseous media. Here, the state of the art of atomic spectroscopy in hollow-core optical waveguides is reviewed The two main approaches to confining light in low index atomic vapors are described: hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF) and planar antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides (ARROWs). Waveguide design, fabrication, and characterization are reviewed along with the current performance as compact atomic spectroscopy devices. The article specifically focuses on the realization of quantum interference effects in alkali atoms which may enable radically new optical devices based on low-level nonlinear interactions on the single photon level for frequency standards and quantum communication systems.

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Application of slow light: a DARPA perspective

Abstract: This paper outlines the scientific basis on which the DARPA Slow Light program is formed. Two fundamental application classes are mentioned, and the scientific motivation for each developed to indicate overall goals and prospects for insertion into specific devices.

Cited by 7 publications

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Liouville-spaceR-matrix-Floquet description of atomic radiative processes involving autoionizing states in the presence of intense electromagnetic fields

Liouville-spaceR-matrix-Floquet description of atomic radiative processes involving autoionizing states in the presence of intense electromagnetic fields

Rubidium spectroscopy on a chip

Atomic spectroscopy and quantum optics in hollow‐core waveguides

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