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Frontiers in Optics

Coherent Population Trapping in Ruby at Room Temperature

Roman L. Kolesov

Published Jan 1, 2005• 0 citations
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Abstract

The first experimental observation of coherent population trapping (CPT) in a crystal at room temperature is reported. CPT resonances are observed under the action of either nanosecond optical pulse or a train of ultrashort pulses.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2005.ltuf4

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