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Physical Review Letters

Enhancement of the index of refraction via quantum coherence

Marlan O. Scully

Published Sep 30, 1991• 796 citations
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Abstract

Atoms prepared in a coherent superposition of a ground- (or excited-) state doublet can produce a large resonant index of refraction with vanishing absorption.Received 25 April 1991DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1855©1991 American Physical Society

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10.1103/physrevlett.67.1855

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Atoms prepared in a coherent superposition of a ground- (or excited-) state doublet can produce a large resonant index of refraction with vanishing absorption.Received 25 April 1991DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1855©1991 American Physical Society