EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF ENHANCED INDEX OF REFRACTION VIA QUANTUM COHERENCE IN RB

Authors
ZIBROV AS LUKIN MD HOLLBERG L NIKONOV DE SCULLY MO ROBINSON HG VELICHANSKY VL
Citation
As. Zibrov et al., EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF ENHANCED INDEX OF REFRACTION VIA QUANTUM COHERENCE IN RB, Physical review letters, 76(21), 1996, pp. 3935-3938
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
21
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3935 - 3938
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:21<3935:EDOEIO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We present a proof-of-principle experiment demonstrating a resonant en hancement of the index of refraction accompanied by vanishing absorpti on in a cell containing a coherently prepared Rb vapor. The results ar e in good agreement with detailed theoretical predictions.