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Physical Review Letters

Atomic Coherence via Modified Spontaneous Relaxation of Driven Three-Level Atoms

Olga A. Kocharovskaya, Paul Mandel, Marlan O. Scully

Published Mar 27, 1995• 55 citations
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Abstract

A strong coherent field drastically modifies the spontaneous decay of three-level atoms when one dynamic Stark sublevel crosses a neighboring atomic state. This leads to an anomalous atomic response yielding maximal coherence, vanishing absorption, and ultralarge index of refraction.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.74.2451

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