Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR)

Long-time optical oscillating effects in a three-level atomic system placed within photonic crystals

Hiroyuki Nihei, Atsushi Okamoto

Published Nov 13, 2002• 1 citation

Abstract

We demonstrate long-time optical oscillating effects in a three-level atomic system placed within 3-D photonic crystals, which can be used in optical functional devices on an atomic scale, such as an optical clock.

DOI: 10.1109/cleopr.2001.970975

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