Title :
Coherent Control of Light-Shifts and Application to Slow-Light and Pulse Amplification
Author :
Bouchene, M.A. ; Delagnes, J.-C. ; Hashmi, F.A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
Abstract :
The interaction of strong laser fields with matter causes light-shifts that play an important role in many fields as quantum optics, molecular physics and chemistry. Here the control results from the interference between two excitation quantum paths, corresponding to the absorption and to the emission by the dressed atomic system of one photon from/on the weak field mode respectively. This effect paves the way to many applications and we will describe a new method to slow the light in an atomic medium.
Keywords :
light absorption; light coherence; light interference; optical variables control; coherent control; excitation quantum paths; light absorption; light emission; light interference; light shifts; pulse amplification; slow light; strong laser fields interaction; Atom optics; Chemical lasers; Chemistry; Laser theory; Lighting control; Optical control; Optical pulses; Physics; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386839
