Nonlinear properties of electromagnetically induced transparency in rubidium vapor

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Strekalov, Dmitry ^a   Matsko, Andrey B ^a   Maleki, Lute ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT VELOCITY; MAGNETOMETERS; PROBES; RUBIDIUM; TRANSPARENCY; VAPORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; NONLINEAR PROPERTIES; OPTICAL DELAY LINES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 13344282033     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000065     Document Type: Article

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