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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in rare-earth 167Er3+-doped Y2SiO5 crystal

E. Baldit, S. Briaudeau, P. Monnier, Juan Ariel Levenson, Kamel Bencheikh

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report on the observation of electromagnetically induced transparency using the hyperfine levels of Er3+:Y2SiO5crystal and on hole burning spectroscopy in order to identify the Lambda-like three-level system over the inhomogeneously broadened distribution.
DOI
10.1109/cleo.2006.4629101

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