Emission of photon echoes in a strongly scattering medium

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Emission of photon echoes in a strongly scattering medium

F. Beaudoux, A. Ferrier, O. Guillot-Noël, T. Chanelière, J.-L. Le Gouët, and Ph. Goldner »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 16, pp. 15236-15243 (2011)
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We observe the two- and three-pulse photon echo emission from a scattering powder, obtained by grinding a Pr³⁺:Y₂SiO₅ rare earth doped single crystal. We show that the collective emission is coherently constructed over several grains. A well defined atomic coherence can therefore be created between randomly placed particles. Observation of photon echo on powders as opposed to bulk materials opens the way to faster material development. More generally, time-domain resonant four-wave mixing offers an attractive approach to investigate coherent propagation in scattering media.

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(020.1670) Atomic and molecular physics : Coherent optical effects
(160.5690) Materials : Rare-earth-doped materials
(190.4380) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing
(290.0290) Scattering : Scattering

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Original Manuscript: May 26, 2011
Revised Manuscript: July 8, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: July 11, 2011
Published: July 25, 2011

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F. Beaudoux, A. Ferrier, O. Guillot-Noël, T. Chanelière, J.-L. Le Gouët, and Ph. Goldner, "Emission of photon echoes in a strongly scattering medium," Opt. Express 19, 15236-15243 (2011)
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I. D. Abella, N. A. Kurnit, and S. R. Hartmann, “Photon echoes,” Phys. Rev. 141(1), 391–406 (1966). [CrossRef]
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Abella, I. D.
Afzelius, M.
Agranovich, V. M.
Babbitt, W.
Baudrier-Raybaut, M.
Belan, V.
Bretenaker, F.
Briskina, C.
Cao, H.
Chanelière, T.
Chang, R. P. H.
Chang, S. H.
Chen, S.
Colice, M.
Cone, R.
Cone, R. L.
Crozatier, V.
de Boer, J. F.
de Riedmatten, H.
Dlott, D. D.
Dogariu, A.
Equall, R. W.
Feng, S.
Gisin, N.
Gorju, G.
Grémaud, B.
Grigorishin, K. I.
Haidar, R.
Hartmann, S. R.
Ho, S. T.
Huang, Y.
Ito, T.
Kane, C.
Kravtsov, V. E.
Kroll, S.
Kupecek, P.
Kurnit, N. A.
Lagendijk, A.
Le Gouët, J.-L.
Lee, P. A.
Lemasson, P.
Liu, X.
Lorgeré, I.
Macfarlane, R. M.
Maret, G.
Markushev, V.
Mohan, R.
Moiseev, S.
Mossberg, T.
Rosencher, E.
Rostovtsev, Y. V.
Sautenkov, V. A.
Schlottau, F.
Scully, M. O.
Sebbah, P.
Seelig, E. W.
Sellars, M.
Simon, C.
Sokolov, A. V.
Sprik, R.
Staudt, M. U.
Stone, A. D.
Sun, Y.
Ter-Gabriélyan, N.
Thiel, C. W.
Tittel, W.
Tomita, M.
Van Albada, M. P.
Vanneste, C.
Wagner, K.
Wellens, T.
Wen, X.
Wiersma, D.
Wolf, P.-E.
Xu, J. Y.
Zhang, D. Z.
Zhi, M.
Zolin, V.

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

G. Gorju, V. Crozatier, I. Lorgeré, J.-L. Le Gouët, and F. Bretenaker, “10-GHz bandwidth RF spectral analyzer with MHz resolution based on spectral hole burning in Tm3+:YAG,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17(11), 2385–2387 (2005). [CrossRef]

J. Lumin.

R. M. Macfarlane, Y. Sun, R. L. Cone, C. W. Thiel, and R. W. Equall, “Optical dephasing by disorder modes in yttrium orthosilicate (Y2SiO5) doped with Eu3+,” J. Lumin. 107(1–4), 310–313 (2004). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

X. Wen, S. Chen, and D. D. Dlott, “Time-resolved three-color coherent Raman scattering applied to polycrys-talline and opaque solids,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 8, 813–819 (1991). [CrossRef]

Laser Photonics Rev.

W. Tittel, M. Afzelius, R. Cone, T. Chanelière, S. Kroll, S. Moiseev, and M. Sellars, “Photon-echo quantum memory in solid state systems,” Laser Photonics Rev. 4(2), 244–267 (2009). [CrossRef]

Nat. Phys.

D. Wiersma, “The physics and applications of random lasers,” Nat. Phys. 4(5), 359–367 (2008). [CrossRef]

Nature

M. Baudrier-Raybaut, R. Haidar, P. Kupecek, P. Lemasson, and E. Rosencher, “Random quasi-phase-matching in bulk polycrystalline isotropic nonlinear materials,” Nature 432(7015), 374–376 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. de Riedmatten, M. Afzelius, M. U. Staudt, C. Simon, and N. Gisin, “A solid-state light-matter interface at the single-photon level,” Nature 456(7223), 773–777 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

T. Mossberg, “Time-domain frequency-selective optical data storage,” Opt. Lett. 7(2), 77–79 (1982). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev.

I. D. Abella, N. A. Kurnit, and S. R. Hartmann, “Photon echoes,” Phys. Rev. 141(1), 391–406 (1966). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. A

T. Wellens and B. Grémaud, “Coherent propagation of waves in dilute random media with weak nonlinearity,” Phys. Rev. A 80(6), 063827 (2009). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. B

V. E. Kravtsov, V. M. Agranovich, and K. I. Grigorishin, “Theory of second-harmonic generation in strongly scattering media,” Phys. Rev. B 44(10), 4931–4942 (1991). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. E

T. Ito and M. Tomita, “Speckle correlation measurement in a disordered medium observed through second-harmonics generation,” Phys. Rev. E 69, 036610 (2004). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

M. P. Van Albada and A. Lagendijk, “Observation of weak localization of light in a random medium,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 55(24), 2692–2695 (1985). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P.-E. Wolf and G. Maret, “Weak localization and coherent backscattering of photons in disordered media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 55(24), 2696–2699 (1985). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. F. de Boer, A. Lagendijk, R. Sprik, and S. Feng, “Transmission and reflection correlations of second harmonic waves in nonlinear random media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 71(24), 3947–3950 (1993). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C. Vanneste and P. Sebbah, “Selective excitation of localized modes in active random media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87(18), 183903 (2001). [CrossRef]
H. Cao, J. Y. Xu, D. Z. Zhang, S. H. Chang, S. T. Ho, E. W. Seelig, X. Liu, and R. P. H. Chang, “Spatial confinement of laser light in active random media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84(24), 5584–5587 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. Wellens and B. Grémaud, “Nonlinear coherent transport of waves in disordered media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100(3), 033902 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
N. A. Kurnit, I. D. Abella, and S. R. Hartmann, “Observation of a photon echo,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 13, 567–568 (1964). [CrossRef]
S. Feng, C. Kane, P. A. Lee, and A. D. Stone, “Correlations and fluctuations of coherent wave transmission through disordered media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 61(7), 834–837 (1988). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. SPIE

M. Colice, F. Schlottau, K. Wagner, R. Mohan, W. Babbitt, I. Lorgeré, and J.-L. Le Gouët, “RF spectrum analysis in spectral hole burning media,” Proc. SPIE 5557, 132 (2004). [CrossRef]

Quantum Electron.

V. Markushev, N. Ter-Gabriélyan, C. Briskina, V. Belan, and V. Zolin, “Stimulated emission kinetics of neodymium powder lasers,” Quantum Electron. 20(7), 773–777 (1990). [CrossRef]

Science

M. Zhi, A. V. Sokolov, V. A. Sautenkov, Y. V. Rostovtsev, A. Dogariu, Y. Huang, and M. O. Scully, “Optimizing the laser-pulse configuration for coherent Raman spectroscopy,” Science 316, 265–268 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

J.-L. Le Gouët, F. Bretenaker, and I. Lorgeré, “Atomic processing of optically carried RF signals,” in Advances in Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (Elsevier, 2007), Vol. 54, pp. 549–613. [CrossRef]

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[1] N. A. Kurnit, I. D. Abella, and S. R. Hartmann, “Observation of a photon echo,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 13, 567–568 (1964). [CrossRef]

[2] I. D. Abella, N. A. Kurnit, and S. R. Hartmann, “Photon echoes,” Phys. Rev. 141(1), 391–406 (1966). [CrossRef]

[3] M. P. Van Albada and A. Lagendijk, “Observation of weak localization of light in a random medium,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 55(24), 2692–2695 (1985). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] P.-E. Wolf and G. Maret, “Weak localization and coherent backscattering of photons in disordered media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 55(24), 2696–2699 (1985). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] D. Wiersma, “The physics and applications of random lasers,” Nat. Phys. 4(5), 359–367 (2008). [CrossRef]

[6] V. E. Kravtsov, V. M. Agranovich, and K. I. Grigorishin, “Theory of second-harmonic generation in strongly scattering media,” Phys. Rev. B 44(10), 4931–4942 (1991). [CrossRef]

[7] M. Baudrier-Raybaut, R. Haidar, P. Kupecek, P. Lemasson, and E. Rosencher, “Random quasi-phase-matching in bulk polycrystalline isotropic nonlinear materials,” Nature 432(7015), 374–376 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] J. F. de Boer, A. Lagendijk, R. Sprik, and S. Feng, “Transmission and reflection correlations of second harmonic waves in nonlinear random media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 71(24), 3947–3950 (1993). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] C. Vanneste and P. Sebbah, “Selective excitation of localized modes in active random media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87(18), 183903 (2001). [CrossRef]

[10] H. Cao, J. Y. Xu, D. Z. Zhang, S. H. Chang, S. T. Ho, E. W. Seelig, X. Liu, and R. P. H. Chang, “Spatial confinement of laser light in active random media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84(24), 5584–5587 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] T. Wellens and B. Grémaud, “Nonlinear coherent transport of waves in disordered media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100(3), 033902 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] T. Wellens and B. Grémaud, “Coherent propagation of waves in dilute random media with weak nonlinearity,” Phys. Rev. A 80(6), 063827 (2009). [CrossRef]

[13] T. Mossberg, “Time-domain frequency-selective optical data storage,” Opt. Lett. 7(2), 77–79 (1982). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[14] X. Wen, S. Chen, and D. D. Dlott, “Time-resolved three-color coherent Raman scattering applied to polycrys-talline and opaque solids,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 8, 813–819 (1991). [CrossRef]

[15] V. Markushev, N. Ter-Gabriélyan, C. Briskina, V. Belan, and V. Zolin, “Stimulated emission kinetics of neodymium powder lasers,” Quantum Electron. 20(7), 773–777 (1990). [CrossRef]

[16] M. Zhi, A. V. Sokolov, V. A. Sautenkov, Y. V. Rostovtsev, A. Dogariu, Y. Huang, and M. O. Scully, “Optimizing the laser-pulse configuration for coherent Raman spectroscopy,” Science 316, 265–268 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] M. Colice, F. Schlottau, K. Wagner, R. Mohan, W. Babbitt, I. Lorgeré, and J.-L. Le Gouët, “RF spectrum analysis in spectral hole burning media,” Proc. SPIE 5557, 132 (2004). [CrossRef]

[18] J.-L. Le Gouët, F. Bretenaker, and I. Lorgeré, “Atomic processing of optically carried RF signals,” in Advances in Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (Elsevier, 2007), Vol. 54, pp. 549–613. [CrossRef]

[19] W. Tittel, M. Afzelius, R. Cone, T. Chanelière, S. Kroll, S. Moiseev, and M. Sellars, “Photon-echo quantum memory in solid state systems,” Laser Photonics Rev. 4(2), 244–267 (2009). [CrossRef]

[20] H. de Riedmatten, M. Afzelius, M. U. Staudt, C. Simon, and N. Gisin, “A solid-state light-matter interface at the single-photon level,” Nature 456(7223), 773–777 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[21] S. Feng, C. Kane, P. A. Lee, and A. D. Stone, “Correlations and fluctuations of coherent wave transmission through disordered media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 61(7), 834–837 (1988). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[22] T. Ito and M. Tomita, “Speckle correlation measurement in a disordered medium observed through second-harmonics generation,” Phys. Rev. E 69, 036610 (2004). [CrossRef]

[23] R. M. Macfarlane, Y. Sun, R. L. Cone, C. W. Thiel, and R. W. Equall, “Optical dephasing by disorder modes in yttrium orthosilicate (Y2SiO5) doped with Eu3+,” J. Lumin. 107(1–4), 310–313 (2004). [CrossRef]

[24] G. Gorju, V. Crozatier, I. Lorgeré, J.-L. Le Gouët, and F. Bretenaker, “10-GHz bandwidth RF spectral analyzer with MHz resolution based on spectral hole burning in Tm3+:YAG,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17(11), 2385–2387 (2005). [CrossRef]

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