Electromagnetically induced transparency with single atoms in a cavity

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7299, 2010, Pages 755-758

  Mücke, Martin ^a   Figueroa, Eden ^a   Bochmann, Joerg ^a   Hahn, Carolin ^a   Murr, Karim ^a   Ritter, Stephan ^a   Villas Boas, Celso J ^a,b   Rempe, Gerhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBIDIUM;

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTICAL THEORY; PHASE TRANSITION; PROBE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TRANSPARENCY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77953441225     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09093     Document Type: Article

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