Acta Optica Sinica

Influence of atomic coherence on the absorption-dispersion relation in V-type energy-level scheme

Wenqi Zhang

Published Jan 1, 1993• 0 citations

Abstract

A new feature will be exhibited in the absorption-dispersion relation if quantum coherence is induced by an external field in the medium consisting of atoms of V-type energy-level configuration. In particular, when a weak light of a certain frequency travels in the medium, the refractive index can be larger than 1 where the absorption vanishes.

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