Observation of ultraslow and stored light pulses in a solid. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We report ultraslow group velocities of light in an optically dense crystal of Pr doped Y2SiO5. Light speeds as slow as 45 m/s were observed, corresponding to a group delay of 66 micros. Deceleration and "stopping" or trapping of the light pulse was also observed. These reductions of the group velocity are accomplished by using a sharp spectral feature in absorption and dispersion that is produced by resonance Raman excitation of a ground-state spin coherence.

published proceedings

  • Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Turukhin, A. V., Sudarshanam, V. S., Shahriar, M. S., Musser, J. A., Ham, B. S., & Hemmer, P. R.

citation count

  • 782

complete list of authors

  • Turukhin, AV||Sudarshanam, VS||Shahriar, MS||Musser, JA||Ham, BS||Hemmer, PR

publication date

  • January 2002