Light storage in a magnetically-dressed optical lattice

2010/04/21 by Y. O. Dudin, R. Zhao, T. A. B. Kennedy +1
Physics and Astronomy · #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.81.041805

Physical Review A, in press.

arxiv created 2010/04/21 · arxiv updated 2015/05/18

Abstract

Differential Stark shift compensation for ground state ⁸⁷Rb atoms trapped in an elliptically polarized optical lattice and "magic" magnetic field, was recently proposed and demonstrated experimentally by N. Lundblad \it et al., arXiv:0912.1528 and analyzed theoretically by A. Derevianko, arXiv:0912.3233. Here we demonstrate for the first time enhanced hyperfine coherence times using the magic field technique. We observe coherent light storage with a 0.32 s lifetime in an atomic Rb gas confined in a one dimensional optical lattice and magnetic field.

Citations

• Experimental observation of magic-wavelength behavior in optical lattice-trapped ⁸⁷Rb
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