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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Integrated Semiconductor Chips for EIT

Holger Schmidt, Wenge Yang, Bin Wu, Donald B. Conkey, R. Brenning, Aaron R. Hawkins

Published May 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We review fabrication and characterization of monolithically integrated rubidium vapor cells on a chip. Mode areas of 9μm2and optical densities in excess of 2 are demonstrated - ideal for EIT-based nonlinear optics.
DOI
10.1109/cleo.2007.4452364

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