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Coherent population trapping (Electromagnetically induced transparency) resonance in cells of finite sizes

Georgy A. Kazakov, Andrey Litvinov, Boris G. Matisov, I. E. Mazets

Published Apr 1, 2008• 0 citations
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Abstract

The formation of the coherent population trapping (CPT) resonance in cells of finite sizes without a buffer gas is studied. It is found that, depending on the laser spectrum width, different CPT resonance narrowing mechanisms take place; these are the Dicke effect and the light-induced narrowing effect. Under light-induced narrowing conditions, the CPT resonance parameters are found to weakly depend on the cell size and the type of wall coating.

DOI
10.1134/s106378420804018x

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