Electromagnetically Induced Transparency,
Abstract
We report the first observation of electromagnetically induced transparency in optically thick medium. The transparency results from a destructive interference of two dressed states which are created by applying a temporally smooth coupling laser between a bound state of an atom and the upper state of the transition which is to be made transparent. The transmittance of an autoionizing transition in strontium is changed from exp(-20) to exp (-1). This paper reports the results of an experimental showing how an opaque transition may be rendered transparent to radiation at its resonance frequency.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 22, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADP007087
Entities
People
- A. Imamoglu
- K. -j. Boiler
- Stephen E. Harris
Organizations
- Stanford University