Wide-Bandwidth, Tunable, Multiple-Pulse-Width Optical Delays Using Slow Light in Cesium Vapor

Authors

Ryan M. Camacho, University of Rochester
Michael V. Pack, University of Rochester
John C. Howell, Chapman UniversityFollow
Aaron Schweinsberg, University of Rochester
Robert W. Boyd, University of Rochester

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-10-2007

Abstract

We demonstrate an all-optical delay line in hot cesium vapor that tunably delays 275 ps input pulses up to 6.8 ns and 740 input ps pulses up to 59 ns (group index of approximately 200) with little pulse distortion. The delay is made tunable with a fast reconfiguration time (hundreds of ns) by optically pumping out of the atomic ground states.

Comments

This article was originally published in Physical Review Letters, volume 98, issue 15, in 2007. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.153601

Recommended Citation

R. M. Camacho, M. V. Pack, J. C. Howell, A. Schweinsberg, and R. W. Boyd, Wide-Bandwidth, Tunable, Multiple-Pulse-Width Optical Delays Using Slow Light in Cesium Vapor, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98(15), 153601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.153601

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

American Physical Society