Coherent generation and dynamic manipulation of double stationary light pulses in a five-level double-tripod system of cold atoms

Qian-Qian Bao, Xiao-Hang Zhang, Jun-Yan Gao, Yan Zhang, Cui-Li Cui, and Jin-Hui Wu
Phys. Rev. A 84, 063812 – Published 5 December 2011

Abstract

We study a five-level double-tripod system of cold atoms for efficiently manipulating the dynamic propagation and evolution of a quantum probe field by modulating four classical control fields. Our numerical results show that it is viable to transform the quantum probe field into a pair of two-color stationary light pulses mutually coupled through two wave packets of atomic spin coherence. The pair of stationary light pulses can be released either from the sample entrance and exit synchronously or just from the sample exit with a controlled time delay. In addition, the two-color stationary light pulses are immune to the fast decay originating from the higher-order Fourier components of atomic spin and optical coherence, and may exhibit the quantum limited beating signals with their characteristic frequency determined by detunings of the four classical control fields. These results could be explored to design novel photonic devices, such as optical routing, beam splitter, and beat generator, for manipulating a quantum light field.

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  • Received 29 September 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.063812

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Qian-Qian Bao, Xiao-Hang Zhang, Jun-Yan Gao, Yan Zhang, Cui-Li Cui, and Jin-Hui Wu*

  • College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China

  • *jhwu@jlu.edu.cn

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Vol. 84, Iss. 6 — December 2011

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