Accession Number:

ADA564016

Title:

Refractive Index Enhancement in Gases

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Mar 2009-Nov 2011

Corporate Author:

WISCONSIN UNIV MADISON

Personal Author(s):

• Yavuz, Deniz D.
• Proite, Nick
• Green, Tyler
• Sikes, Dan
• Simmons, Zach
• Miles, Jared

Report Date:

2012-02-29

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

In this project, we have been investigation a new approach for manipulating the refractive index of a gas while maintaining vanishing absorption of the beam. We have recently experimentally demonstrated the key ingredients of this approach in Rubidium vapor where we have observe enhanced refractive index with vanishing absorption. We predict that this approach my also allow obtaining negative refraction with low absorption in atomic systems with far-reaching applications in fields as diverse as optical imaging and quantum computing.

Descriptors:

• *REFRACTIVE INDEX
• ABSORPTION
• GASES
• OPTICAL IMAGES
• OPTIMIZATION
• QUANTUM COMPUTING
• QUANTUM THEORY
• RUBIDIUM
• VAPORS

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry
• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE