Control of light in an M-type five-level atomic system

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1309-1313

  Li, Luming ^a   Guo, Hong ^a   Xiao, Feng ^a   Peng, Xiang ^a   Chen, Xuzong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TRANSPARENCY;

ATOMIC COHERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 21244466045     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001309     Document Type: Article

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