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Frontiers in Optics

Giant nonlinearity with double-EIT in Rubidium

Barry C. Sanders, Z. B. Wang, Karl-Peter Marzlin

Published Jan 1, 2005• 0 citations
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Abstract

By using pumping that realizes double electromagnetically induced transparency for the D1 line of Rubidium, we show that a giant nonlinear interaction between two optical beams propagating through a Rubidium gas can be achieved.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2005.ftucc6

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