Optical coherent transients in cold atoms: From free-induction decay to optical precursors

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Chen, J F ^a   Wang, Shuyuan ^a   Wei, Dong ^a   Loy, M M T ^a   Wong, G K L ^a   Du, Shengwang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ENSEMBLE; COLD ATOMS; COUPLED EQUATION; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; INDUCTION DECAY; LASER-COOLED; LINEAR DISPERSION; LOSSLESS; MODULATED LASER PULSE; MODULATED OPTICAL PULSE; OPTICAL COHERENT TRANSIENTS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PRECURSORS; OPTICAL TRANSIENT; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POWER LIMIT; PROPAGATION EFFECT; RESONANT EXCITATION; SPECTRAL CONTENT; THREE LEVEL SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN; TRANSIENT FIELDS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS;

ABSORPTION; ATOMS; LASER PULSES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; TRANSIENTS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77950221841     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.033844     Document Type: Article

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