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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Observation of Interference between Bright- and Dark-polariton Peaks

Jiteng Sheng, Haibin Wu, Julio R. Gea-Banacloche, Min Xiao

Published Jan 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally investigate atom-cavity transmission spectra with three-level atoms inside an optical cavity. At large cavity frequency detuning, the bright- and dark-polariton three-peak structure becomes asymmetric and the peaks can merge together to create interference.
DOI
10.1364/qels.2010.qtub4

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