Planar hollow-core waveguide technology for atomic spectroscopy and quantum interference in alkali vapors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3727-3733

  Wu, Bin ^a   Hulbert, John F ^b   Hawkins, Aaron R ^b   Schmidt, Holger ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

ARROW waveguides; Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT); Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Quantum interference

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT; LIGHT METALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONICS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; QUANTUM OPTICS; RUBIDIUM; TRANSPARENCY; VAPORS; WAVEGUIDES;

ALKALI ATOMS; ALKALI VAPORS; ARROW WAVEGUIDES; ATOMIC VAPORS; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY (EIT); HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES; HOLLOW-CORE WAVEGUIDES; KERR NONLINEARITIES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIES; ON CHIPS; OPTICAL ACCESS; OPTICAL DENSITIES; PICOLITERS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; RUBIDIUM SPECTROSCOPIES; SILICON CHIPS; SLOW LIGHTS; ULTRA SMALLS; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES; VAPOR CELLS; WAVEGUIDE DESIGNS;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 60949100696     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2005426     Document Type: Article

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