How Much Time Does a Photon Spend as an Atomic Excitation Before Being Transmitted?
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Thompson, K
Li, K
Angulo, D
Nixon, VM
Sinclair, J
Sivakumar, AV
Wiseman, HM
Steinberg, AM
Li, K
Angulo, D
Nixon, VM
Sinclair, J
Sivakumar, AV
Wiseman, HM
Steinberg, AM
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2024
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We show that if a photon is transmitted through an atom cloud, the time it spent as an atomic excitation along the way—as measured by weakly probing the atoms— is equal to the group delay, which can be negative.
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CLEO Fundamental Science in Proceedings CLEO 2024
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Classical and physical optics
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Quantum optics and quantum optomechanics
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Thompson, K; Li, K; Angulo, D; Nixon, VM; Sinclair, J; Sivakumar, AV; Wiseman, HM; Steinberg, AM, How Much Time Does a Photon Spend as an Atomic Excitation Before Being Transmitted?, CLEO Fundamental Science in Proceedings CLEO 2024, 2024, pp. FTu3L.5