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Observation of Slow Light, Stored Light, and Dicke Narrowing in Warm Alkali Vapor
Author Info
DeRose, Kenneth J.
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4308-983X
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1565312435917479
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2019, Master of Science, Miami University, Physics.
Abstract
In this thesis, I describe observations of slow light and Dicke narrowing in warm
87
Rb vapor under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Experimental details are provided on how we obtain light speeds less than 400 m/s in buffer gas cells, and in separate experiments, Dicke-narrowed EIT linewidths of a few kHz. I also present preliminary observations of stored light, with modest storage times of up to 500 μs. The theory behind these phenomena is also discussed. In accordance with our data the EIT linewidth increases quadratically with pump-probe relative angle - this is a defining signature of Dicke narrowing.
Committee
Samir Bali (Advisor)
Imran Mirza (Committee Member)
E. Carlo Samson (Committee Member)
Pages
110 p.
Subject Headings
Physics
Keywords
slow light
;
stored light
;
dicke
;
optical storage
;
EIT
;
electromagnetically induced transparency
;
larmor
;
quantum communication
;
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DeRose, K. J. (2019).
Observation of Slow Light, Stored Light, and Dicke Narrowing in Warm Alkali Vapor
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1565312435917479
APA Style (7th edition)
DeRose, Kenneth.
Observation of Slow Light, Stored Light, and Dicke Narrowing in Warm Alkali Vapor.
2019. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1565312435917479.
MLA Style (8th edition)
DeRose, Kenneth. "Observation of Slow Light, Stored Light, and Dicke Narrowing in Warm Alkali Vapor." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1565312435917479
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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Observation of Slow Light, Stored Light, and Dicke Narrowing in Warm Alkali Vapor by Kenneth J. DeRose is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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