Rapidly Reconfigurable Optically Induced Photonic Crystals in Hot Rubidium Vapor

Authors

Bethany Little, University of Rochester
David J. Starling, University of Rochester
John C. Howell, Chapman UniversityFollow
Raphael D. Cohen, Hebrew University
David Shwa, Hebrew University
Nadav Katz, Hebrew University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-15-2013

Abstract

Through periodic index modulation, we create two different types of photonic structures in a heated rubidium vapor for controlled reflection, transmission, and diffraction of light. The modulation is achieved through the use of the ac Stark effect resulting from a standing-wave control field. The periodic intensity structures create translationally invariant index profiles analogous to photonic crystals in spectral regions of steep dispersion. Experimental results are consistent with modeling.

Comments

This article was originally published in Physical Review A, volume 87, issue 4, in 2013. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.043815

Recommended Citation

B Little, D. J. Starling, J. C. Howell, R. D. Cohen, D. Shwa, and N. Katz,Rapidly Reconfigurable Optically Induced Photonic Crystals in Hot Rubidium Vapor, Phys. Rev. A 87(4), 043815.

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

American Physical Society