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Computations In Science Seminar
"Slow Light in Bose-Einstein Condensates: A New Paradigm for Quantum Control"

DATE: November 7, 2007
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
SPEAKER: Lene Vestergaard Hau
LOCATION: KPTC 206, University of Chicago

Description:
In our recent experiments, a light pulse is stopped and extinguished in one part of space and then revived and sent back on its way at a different location. In the process, the light pulse is slowed to 15 miles per hour and is also spatially compressed from 1 kilometer to only 20 microns. The light pulse is converted to matter, and a matter imitation of the light pulse travels between the two locations. At the revival position, the matter copy is converted back to light. Matter, as opposed to light, is easily manipulated, and changes induced in the matter copy are reflected in the revived optical pulse. The work demonstrates a powerful new method for coherent processing of optical information and has applications in optical computing and quantum information processing.

More Information:
If you would like to meet with the speaker of join us for a meal, please contact Arnab Banerjee abjee@uchicago.edu

Discussion over bag-lunch at 12:15 p.m.
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