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Journal of Modern Optics

Buffer-gas-induced narrowing of electromagnetically induced transparent spectra for an open system

Z. F. Hu, C. G. Du, Y. Z. Wang

Published Jan 10, 2006• 6 citations
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Abstract

We have investigated the spectra of the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) when a cell is filled with a buffer gas. Our theoretical results show that the buffer gas can induce a narrower spectra line and steeper dispersion than those of the usual EIT case in a homogeneous and Doppler broadened system. The linewidth decreases with the increase of the buffer gas pressure. This narrow spectra may be applied to quantum information processing, nonlinear optics and atomic frequency standard.

DOI
10.1080/01411590500420873

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