Refractive index enhancement in a far-off resonant atomic system

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作者：

Yavuz, DD ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2005年 / 95卷 / 22期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.223601

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate a scheme where a laser beam which is very far detuned from an atomic resonance experiences a large index of refraction with vanishing absorption. The essential idea is to excite two Raman resonances with appropriately chosen strong control lasers.

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