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Electromagnetically induced transparency in rubidium vapor prepared by comb of short optical pulses

Yuri V. Rostovtsev, Vladimir A. Sautenkov, George R. Welch, Olga A. Kocharovskaya, Marlan O. Scully

Published Dec 10, 2005• 1 citation

Abstract

We studied a propagation of comb of optical pulses produced by a mode-locked diode laser in rubidium vapor. EIT was observed when pulse repetition rate is subharmonic of the hyperfine splitting of the ground state.

DOI: 10.1109/qels.2005.1548735

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