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Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in an Integrated Rubidium Vapor Cell

Bin Wu, John F. Hulbert, Katherine Hurd, Mark Oehlberg, Aaron R. Hawkins, Holger Schmidt

Published Jan 1, 2009• 0 citations

Abstract

Electromagnetically induced transparency in rubidium atoms on a waveguide-based silicon chip is demonstrated. A transparency of 12% is achieved with a coupling laser power of 133µW. Further improvements by modified waveguide design are discussed.

DOI: 10.1364/sl.2009.stua3

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