Experimental Demonstration of Enhanced Index of Refraction via Quantum Coherence in Rb
- 20 May 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 76 (21) , 3935-3938
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.76.3935
Abstract
We present a proof-of-principle experiment demonstrating a resonant enhancement of the index of refraction accompanied by vanishing absorption in a cell containing a coherently prepared Rb vapor. The results are in good agreement with detailed theoretical predictions.Keywords
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