Photonic properties of one-dimensionally-ordered cold atomic vapors under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency
arXiv:1206.2622 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.86.023809
Abstract
We experimentally study the photonic properties of a cold-atom sample trapped in a one-dimensional optical lattice under the conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency. We show that such a medium has two photonic band gaps. One of them is in the transparency window and gives rise to a Bragg mirror, which is spectrally very narrow and dynamically tunable. We discuss the advantages and the limitations of this system. As an illustration of a possible application we demonstrate a two-port all-optical switch.
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