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Dark resonance in bichromatic linearly polarized optical field on Cs D1 line

Ken-ichi Watabe, Takeshi Ikegami, Akifumi Takamizawa, Shinya Yanagimachi, Shinichi Ohshima, Svenja A. Knappe

Published May 1, 2008• 1 citation

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Abstract

We describe a simple method for observing high-contrast coherent population trapping signals on the Cs D1line. The high-contrast signals were achieved by use of a bichromatic linear polarized light (linparlin field).

DOI: 10.1109/freq.2008.4622967

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