Demonstration of a Memory for Tightly Guided Light in an Optical Nanofiber

Author(s): B. Gouraud, D. Maxein, A. Nicolas, O. Morin, and J. Laurat

Light signals propagating down an ultrathin fiber can be temporarily stored in a cloud of cold atoms surrounding the fiber.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 180503] Published Thu May 07, 2015