Photonic properties of one-dimensionally-ordered cold atomic vapors   under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency
  We experimentally study the photonic properties of a cold-atom sample trapped in a one-dimensional optical lattice under the conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency. We show that such a medium has two photonic band gaps. One of them is in the transparency window and gives rise to a Bragg mirror, which is spectrally very narrow and dynamically tunable. We discuss the advantages and the limitations of this system. As an illustration of a possible application we demonstrate a two-port all-optical switch. 
Alexander Schilke, Claus Zimmermann, William Guerin
physics.atom-ph physics.optics