Enhanced self-action effects by electromagnetically induced transparency in the two-level atom

Ryan S. Bennink, Robert W. Boyd, C. R. Stroud, Vincent Wong

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Abstract

Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) has been studied primarily within the context of multilevel atomic systems. We show that EIT can occur also in a two-level atomic system and can lead to strong self-action and slow-light effects that are not hampered by material absorption, with important potential implications for processes such as squeezed-light generation and the propagation of optical solitons.

Original languageEnglish
Article number033804
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume63
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

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