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arXiv:1701.07197 · Optics Express

Photon bandwidth dependence of light-matter interaction

Matthias Steiner, Victor Leong, Mathias Alexander Seidler, Alessandro Ceré, Christian Kurtsiefer

Published Mar 9, 2017• 11 citations
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Abstract

Rb atom and use the time-resolved transmission to characterize the interaction strength. Decreasing the bandwidth of the single photons from 6 to 2 times the atomic linewidth, we observe an increase in atomic peak excitation and photon scattering probability.
DOI
10.1364/oe.25.006294

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