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Experimental study of electromagnetically induced transparency in molecular iodine

Ruslan A. Malitskiy, V. M. Khodakovskii, Anatoliy M. Negriyko, V. I. Romanenko, Леонід Петрович Яценко

Published Jun 15, 2007• 0 citations

Abstract

The interaction of a linear polarized weak probe wave with the molecular iodine driven by the strong pump wave with the orthogonal polarization is experimentally studied. An effect of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is observed. The group velocity of the probe wave is decreased to 0,13c.

DOI: 10.1117/12.751455

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