Observation of Dark State Polariton Collapses and Revivals

2005/11/02 by D. N. Matsukevich, Dzmitry Matsukevich, T. Chanelière +7 · 2 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic physics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Condensed matter physics #Excitation #Field (mathematics) #Photon #Physics #Polariton #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Spin (aerodynamics) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.96.033601

published as Physical Review Letters 96, 033601 (2006) · 5 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2005/11/02 · openalex publication_date 2006/01/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

By time-dependent variation of a control field, both coherent and single-photon states of light are stored in, and retrieved from, a cold atomic gas. The efficiency of retrieval is studied as a function of the storage time in an applied magnetic field. A series of collapses and revivals is observed, in very good agreement with theoretical predictions. The observations are interpreted in terms of the time evolution of the collective excitation of atomic spin wave and light wave, known as the dark-state polariton.

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