Electromagnetically induced transparency and nonlinear pulse propagation in an atomic medium confined in a waveguide

Published

December 19, 2013

Author(s)

Laing Li, Chengjie Zhu, Lu Deng, Guoxiang Huang

Abstract

We study electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and nonlinear pulse propagation in a resonant atomic gas confined in a micro-waveguide. We find that quantum interference effect in this system can be largely enhanced due to the reduction of the mode volume of optical field. In particular, comparing with atomic gases in free space, the EIT transparency window in the present confined system can be much wider and deeper, the group velocity of probe field can be much slower, and the Kerr nonlinearity of the system can be much stronger. We show that a more efficient production of ultraslow optical solitons in the present system may be achieved with much slower propagating velocity and lower generation power. Novel features of EIT and pulse propagation in the present system are very promising for practical applications in optical information processing and transmission.

Citation

The Journal of Optical Society of America B

Volume

30

Issue

(1)

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

nonlinear optics, electromagnetically induced transparency, wave guide

Citation

Li, L. , Zhu, C. , Deng, L. and Huang, G. (2013), Electromagnetically induced transparency and nonlinear pulse propagation in an atomic medium confined in a waveguide, The Journal of Optical Society of America B (Accessed October 14, 2025)