Experimental demonstration of spinor slow light

Meng-Jung Lee; Julius Ruseckas; Chin-Yuan Lee; Viačeslav Kudriašov; Kao-Fang Chang; Hung-Wen Cho; Gediminas Juzeliūnas; Ite A. Yu

doi:10.1117/12.2220197

7 March 2016 Experimental demonstration of spinor slow light

Meng-Jung Lee, Julius Ruseckas, Chin-Yuan Lee, Viačeslav Kudriašov, Kao-Fang Chang, Hung-Wen Cho, Gediminas Juzeliūnas, Ite A. Yu

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 9763, Slow Light, Fast Light, and Opto-Atomic Precision Metrology IX; 97630P (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220197
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Over the last decade there has been a continuing interest in slow and stored light based on the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) effect, because of their potential applications in quantum information manipulation. However, previous experimental works all dealt with the single-component slow light which cannot be employed as a qubit. In this work, we report the first experimental demonstration of two-component or spinor slow light (SSL) using a double tripod (DT) atom-light coupling scheme. The oscillations between the two components, similar to the Rabi oscillation of a two-level system or a qubit, were observed. Single-photon SSL can be considered as two-color qubits. We experimentally demonstrated a possible application of the DT scheme as quantum memory and quantum rotator for the two-color qubits. This work opens up a new direction in the slow light research.

Citation Download Citation

Meng-Jung Lee, Julius Ruseckas, Chin-Yuan Lee, Viačeslav Kudriašov, Kao-Fang Chang, Hung-Wen Cho, Gediminas Juzeliūnas, and Ite A. Yu "Experimental demonstration of spinor slow light", Proc. SPIE 9763, Slow Light, Fast Light, and Opto-Atomic Precision Metrology IX, 97630P (7 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220197

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available