Electromagnetically induced absorption and transparency in magneto-optical resonances in an elliptically polarized field

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-64

  Brazhnikov, D V ^a   Tumaikin, A M ^a   Yudin, V I ^a   Taichenachev, A V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GROUND STATE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; TRANSPARENCY;

ATOM-LIGHT INTERACTION; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; ELLIPTICALLY POLARIZED FIELD; MAGNETOOPTICAL RESONANCES;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 13344285322     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000057     Document Type: Article

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