This paper reviews recent efforts to realize a high‐efficiency memory for optical pulses using
slow and stored light based on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in …

This tutorial introduces the theoretical and experimental basics of electromagnetically
induced transparency (EIT) in thermal alkali vapors. We first give a brief phenomenological …

Coherent diffusion pertains to the motion of atomic dipoles experiencing frequent collisions
in vapor while maintaining their coherence. Recent theoretical and experimental studies on …

Reversible and coherent storage of light in an atomic medium is a promising method with
possible applications in many fields. In this work, arbitrary two-dimensional images are …

We report on the experimental realization of the storage of images in a hot vapor of
Rubidium atoms. The images are stored in and retrieved from the long-lived ground state …

We explore light storage in antirelaxation-coated and buffer-gas-filled alkali vapor cells,
employing electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in warm rubidium vapor. We …

Any image, imprinted on a wave field and propagating in free space, undergoes a paraxial
diffraction spreading. The reduction or manipulation of diffraction is desirable for many …

We present a theoretical model for electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in vapor
that incorporates atomic motion and velocity-changing collisions into the dynamics of the …

We present a scheme for eliminating the optical diffraction of slow light in a thermal atomic
medium of electromagnetically induced transparency. Nondiffraction is achieved for an …

We report an experimental realization of an atomic vapor quantum memory for the photonic
polarization qubit. The performance of the quantum memory for the polarization qubit …