Experimental Demonstration of Enhanced Index of Refraction via Quantum Coherence in Rb

A. S. Zibrov, M. D. Lukin, L. Hollberg, D. E. Nikonov, M. O. Scully, H. G. Robinson, and V. L. Velichansky
Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3935 – Published 20 May 1996
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We present a proof-of-principle experiment demonstrating a resonant enhancement of the index of refraction accompanied by vanishing absorption in a cell containing a coherently prepared Rb vapor. The results are in good agreement with detailed theoretical predictions.

  • Received 11 December 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3935

©1996 American Physical Society

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A. S. Zibrov1,2,4,5, M. D. Lukin1,2,3, L. Hollberg4, D. E. Nikonov1,2,3, M. O. Scully1,2,3, H. G. Robinson4, and V. L. Velichansky5

  • 1Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
  • 2Texas Laser Laboratory, HARC, The Woodlands, Texas 77381
  • 3Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748 Garching, Germany
  • 4National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
  • 5Lebedev Institute of Physics, 117924 Moscow, Russia

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Vol. 76, Iss. 21 — 20 May 1996

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