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Narrow electromagnetically induced transparencies in Rb confined large-core core inner-wall coated Kagome HC-PCFs

Ximeng Zheng, M. Delgrange, Jenny Jouin, Philippe Thomas, Benoît Debord, Frédéric Gérôme, Fetah Benabid

Published Jan 1, 2018• 0 citations

Abstract

We compare electromagnetically induced transparencies in large-core anti-relaxation materials inner-wall coatings Kagome HC-PCF with thermal Rb confinement in situ. A minimum transparency linewidth of ~150 KHz in OTS coated fiber was observed.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2018.sm3l.3

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