Ultra-low power, Zeno effect based optical modulation in a degenerate V-system with a tapered nano fiber in atomic vapor

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 22874-22881

  Salit, K ^a   Salit, M ^a   Krishnamurthy, Subramanian ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Kumar, P ^a   Shahriar, M S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATORS; NANOFIBERS; RUBIDIUM; VANADIUM; VAPORS;

ATOMIC VAPOR; COHERENT SUPERPOSITIONS; CONTROL BEAMS; EVANESCENT FIELDS; FIELD LOCALIZATION; LIGHT LEVEL; QUANTUM ZENO EFFECT; RUBIDIUM VAPOR; SIGNAL BEAMS; SIGNAL POWER; ULTRA-LOW POWER; ZEEMAN SUBLEVELS; ZENO EFFECT;

MODULATION;

EID: 80755143336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022874     Document Type: Article

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