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arXiv:0811.3348 · Physics-Uspekhi

On electromagnetically induced transparency in the degenerate Λ-scheme

Valerii S Zapasskii

Published Feb 28, 2009• 4 citations
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Abstract

Using an experimental work on 'stopped light' as an example, we show how a classical phenomenon of linear optics, the interference of polarized light, can imitate the effect of electromagnetically induced transparency.
DOI
10.3367/ufne.0179.200902e.0197

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