LIGHT CONFINEMENT IN COHERENTLY DRIVEN DEFECT STATES IN SOLIDS

Inhomogeneously broadened optical transitions in nitrogen-vacancy color centers in diamond and Pr(3+) doped yttrium orthosilicate may he employed to attain all-optically controlled Bragg structures with photonic band-gaps of high reflectivities and large bandwidths. Such a control mechanism is valuable for improving performance and scalability of solid quantum memory devices. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 2722-2726, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.2472