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Tunable Negative Refraction without Absorption using Electromagnetically Induced Chirality

Jürgen Kästel, Michael Fleischhauer, Susanne F. Yelin, Ronald Lee Walsworth

Published Jan 1, 2007• 20 citations
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Abstract

We propose a novel approach that uses effects similar to EIT leading to resonantly enhanced chirality, negative refraction and suppression of absorption. The refractive index can be fine-tuned by means of external laser fields.
DOI
10.1364/cqo.2007.jwc13

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