Electromagnetically Induced Transparency,

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Abstract:

We report the first observation of electromagnetically induced transparency in optically thick medium. The transparency results from a destructive interference of two dressed states which are created by applying a temporally smooth coupling laser between a bound state of an atom and the upper state of the transition which is to be made transparent. The transmittance of an autoionizing transition in strontium is changed from exp-20 to exp -1. This paper reports the results of an experimental showing how an opaque transition may be rendered transparent to radiation at its resonance frequency.

Author(s):
Imamoglu, A. ; Boiler, K. -j. ; Harris, S. E.
Author Organization(s):
STANFORD UNIV CA EDWARD L GINZTON LAB OF PHYSICS
Supplementary Note:
This article is from 'Osa Proceedings of the Topical Meeting (5th) on Short-Wave Length Coherent Radiation: Generation and Applications Held in Monterey, California on 8-10 April 1991. Volume 11,'AD-A252 973, p257-261.
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Collection: TR
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Descriptor(s):
*COHERENT OPTICAL RADIATION, *TRANSPARENCE, TUNABLE LASERS, RESONANT FREQUENCY, ELECTROMAGNETISM, STARK EFFECT, SHORT WAVELENGTHS, COHERENT RADIATION, STRONTIUM, SYMPOSIA
Field(s)/Group(s):
Optics
Keyword(s):
Electromagnetically induced transparency, Component Reports
Report Date:
1992 May 22