Steady-state population inversion by multiphoton electromagnetically induced transparency

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 806-810

  Zhu, Yifu ^a   Saldana, Joseph ^a   Wen, Lingling ^a   Wu, Ying ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS;

ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; MULTIPHOTON EXCITATION; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; STEADY STATE POPULATION INVERSION;

TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 4043096742     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000806     Document Type: Article

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