• DocumentCode
    2671494
  • Title

    Generation of light carrying orbital angular momentum via induced coherence grating in cold atom

  • Author

    Barreiro, S. ; Tabosa, J.W.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. de Fisica, Fed. de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    Light carrying orbital angular momentum is generated via an electromagnetically induced Zeeman coherence grating in cold cesium atoms. This constitutes a first step towards the processing of quantum information encoded in a multidimensional state space.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; Zeeman effect; atom optics; caesium; laser cooling; quantum optics; radiation pressure; Cs; Zeeman coherence grating; cold cesium atoms; induced coherence grating; light carrying orbital angular momentum; multidimensional state space; quantum information; Atom optics; Frequency; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Multidimensional systems; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Signal generators; State-space methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.237990
  • Filename
    1276369