ENHANCED INDEX OF REFRACTION IN A POPULATION-TRAPPED 3-LEVEL SYSTEM

被引:36
作者
FRIEDMANN, H
WILSONGORDON, AD
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[1] Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
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10.1016/0030-4018(93)90200-O
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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It is shown that the phenomenon of enhancement of the refractive index at a point of zero probe absorption can be achieved in a population-trapped degenerate three-level LAMBDA-system interacting resonantly with a single strong pump and a tunable probe. Non-absorption of the pump will ensure that the phenomenon persists over a long optical path without changing the frequency at which the medium is transparent to the probe.
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