Optimized Phase Masks for Absorption of Ultra-Broadband Pulses by Narrowband Atomic Ensembles

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19443v1
• Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:25:42 GMT
• Title: Optimized Phase Masks for Absorption of Ultra-Broadband Pulses by Narrowband Atomic Ensembles
• Authors: L. B. A. Mélo, Daniel Felinto, Marcio H. G. de Miranda,
• Abstract summary: We analyse how to improve a two-photon cascade absorption in atomic ensembles.<n>This process is of particular interest for the storage of ultra-broadband single photons by atomic ensembles.<n>We show that this enhancement in two-photon absorption would still result in just a modest increase of the absorption of a weak probe pulse.
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• Abstract: By combining genetic algorithm and a spatial light modulator we theoretically analyse how to improve a two-photon cascade absorption in atomic ensembles, inspecting the impact of various configurations and parameters in the optimized phase mask. At low atomic densities, we compare the cases of sequential transitions with the two photons coming from the same pulse or from two different pulses. For the former, we predict an enhancement by a factor of $9.5$, similar to what was previously reported in the literature [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 86}, 47 (2002)]. For the later, on the other hand, we obtain an enhancement factor of $26$ times. This absorption of two photons by different pulses is of particular interest for the storage of ultra-broadband single photons by atomic ensembles, in which case the second photon would come from a control pulse. We investigate this process as a function of the atomic density, demonstrating enhancements by factors up to 3 for the two-photon absorption after propagating through large optical depths. However, for the experimental conditions considered in the previous work by Carvalho {et al.} [Phys. Rev. A {\bf 101}, 053426 (2020)], in terms of control power and optical depths, we show that this enhancement in two-photon absorption would still result in just a modest increase of the absorption of a weak probe pulse.

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