RESONANTLY ENHANCED REFRACTIVE-INDEX WITHOUT ABSORPTION VIA ATOMIC COHERENCE

被引:372
作者
FLEISCHHAUER, M
KEITEL, CH
SCULLY, MO
SU, C
ULRICH, BT
ZHU, SY
机构
[1] UNIV NEW MEXICO, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87131 USA
[2] MAX PLANCK INST QUANTUM OPT, W-8046 GARCHING, GERMANY
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 46卷 / 03期
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.46.1468
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An enhancement of the index of refraction accompanied by vanishing absorption is shown to be possible in an ensemble of phase-coherent atoms ("phaseonium"). A survey of various possible schemes in which coherence is established by certain coherent or incoherent methods is given, and the main results are compared and contrasted. In particular, the influence of processes such as Doppler broadening that degrade coherence is discussed.
引用
收藏
页码:1468 / 1487
页数:20
相关论文
共 26 条
  • [1] EXPERIMENTAL-METHOD FOR OBSERVATION OF RF TRANSITIONS AND LASER BEAT RESONANCES IN ORIENTED NA VAPOR
    ALZETTA, G
    GOZZINI, A
    MOI, L
    ORRIOLS, G
    [J]. NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA B-GENERAL PHYSICS RELATIVITY ASTRONOMY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS AND METHODS, 1976, 36 (01): : 5 - 20
  • [2] NON-ABSORPTION HYPERFINE RESONANCES IN A SODIUM VAPOR IRRADIATED BY A MULTIMODE DYE-LASER
    ALZETTA, G
    MOI, L
    ORRIOLS, G
    [J]. NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA B-GENERAL PHYSICS RELATIVITY ASTRONOMY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS AND METHODS, 1979, 52 (02): : 209 - 218
  • [3] ALZETTA G, 1978, COHERENCE SPECTROSCO
  • [4] RADIATION AMPLIFICATION WITHOUT POPULATION-INVERSION IN DISCRETE 3-LEVEL SYSTEMS
    BASILE, S
    LAMBROPOULOS, P
    [J]. OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1990, 78 (02) : 163 - 168
  • [5] OBSERVATION OF ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY
    BOLLER, KJ
    IMAMOGLU, A
    HARRIS, SE
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1991, 66 (20) : 2593 - 2596
  • [6] OBSERVATION OF ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY IN COLLISIONALLY BROADENED LEAD VAPOR
    FIELD, JE
    HAHN, KH
    HARRIS, SE
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1991, 67 (22) : 3062 - 3065
  • [7] LASING WITHOUT INVERSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE INDEX OF REFRACTION VIA INTERFERENCE OF INCOHERENT PUMP PROCESSES
    FLEISCHHAUER, M
    KEITEL, CH
    SCULLY, MO
    SU, C
    [J]. OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1992, 87 (03) : 109 - 114
  • [8] FLEISCHHAUER M, UNPUB
  • [9] A HIGH-ENERGY, LASER ACCELERATOR FOR ELECTRONS USING THE INVERSE CHERENKOV EFFECT
    FONTANA, JR
    PANTELL, RH
    [J]. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1983, 54 (08) : 4285 - 4288
  • [10] COHERENT TRAPPING OF ATOMIC POPULATIONS
    GRAY, HR
    WHITLEY, RM
    STROUD, CR
    [J]. OPTICS LETTERS, 1978, 3 (06) : 218 - 220