2016/09/30 by G. Facchinetti, S. D. Jenkins, J. Ruostekoski · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.quant-gas #physics.atom-ph #physics.optics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.117.243601
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 243601 (2016)
arxiv created 2016/12/05 · arxiv updated 2016/12/06
We show how strong light-mediated resonant dipole-dipole interactions between atoms can be utilized in a control and storage of light. The method is based on a high-fidelity preparation of a collective atomic excitation in a single correlated subradiant eigenmode in a lattice. We demonstrate how a simple phenomenological model captures the qualitative features of the dynamics and sharp transmission resonances that may find applications in sensing.