Enhancing electromagnetically-induced transparency in a multilevel broadened medium

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4346-4351

  Scherman, M ^a   Mishina, O S ^a   Lombardi, P ^a   Giacobino, E ^a   Laurat, J ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METALS;

ALKALI METAL ATOMS; ATOMIC VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; DENSE MEDIA; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; EXCITED LEVELS; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 84857263736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.004346     Document Type: Article

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