Index of refraction of a two-level atom in a squeezed vacuum field

被引:15
作者
Akram, U [1 ]
Wahiddin, MRB
Ficek, Z
机构
[1] Univ Malaya, Fac Sci, Dept Math, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
[2] Univ Queensland, Dept Phys, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
[3] Univ Queensland, Ctr Laser Sci, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00732-9
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We study the index of refraction of a two-level atom replacing the usually applied coherent driving fields by a squeezed vacuum field. This system can produce a large index of refraction accompanied by vanishing absorption when the carrier frequency of the squeezed vacuum is detuned from the atomic resonance. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
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