All-Optical Delay of Images Using Slow Light

Authors

Ryan M. Camacho, University of Rochester
Curtis J. Broadbent, University of Rochester
Irfan Ali-Khan, University of Rochester
John C. Howell, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-22-2007

Abstract

Two-dimensional images carried by optical pulses (2 ns) are delayed by up to 10 ns in a 10 cm cesium vapor cell. By interfering the delayed images with a local oscillator, the transverse phase and amplitude profiles of the images are shown to be preserved. It is further shown that delayed images can be well preserved even at very low light levels, where each pulse contains on average less than one photon.

Comments

This article was originally published in Physical Review Letters, volume 98, issue 4, in 2007. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.043902

Recommended Citation

R. M. Camacho, C. J. Broadbent, I. Ali-Khan, and J. C. Howell, All-Optical Delay of Images Using Slow Light, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98(4), 043902. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.043902

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

American Physical Society