Enhancement of the index of refraction via quantum coherence

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Marlan O. Scully · Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

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Atoms prepared in a coherent superposition of a ground- (or excited-) state doublet can produce a large resonant index of refraction with vanishing absorption.Received 25 April 1991DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1855©1991 American Physical Society

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Quantum optics and atomic interactions Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 67, Issue 14, pp. 1855-1858

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.67.1855

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