Enhanced self-action effects by electromagnetically induced transparency in the two-level atom - art. no. 033804

Authors
Bennink, RS Boyd, RW Stroud, CR Wong, V
Citation
Rs. Bennink et al., Enhanced self-action effects by electromagnetically induced transparency in the two-level atom - art. no. 033804, PHYS REV A, 6303(3), 2001, pp. 3804
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
ISSN journal
10502947 → ACNP
Volume
6303
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(200103)6303:3<3804:ESEBEI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) has been studied primarily w ithin the context of multilevel atomic systems. We show that EIT can occur also in a two-level atomic system and can lead to strong self-action and sl ow-light effects that are not hampered by material absorption, with importa nt potential implications for processes such as squeezed-light generation a nd the propagation of optical solitons.