Title :
Electromagnetically induced transparency in rubidium vapor prepared by comb of short optical pulses
Author :
Rostovtsev, Yuri V. ; Sautenkov, Vladimir A. ; Welch, George R. ; Kocharovskaya, Olga ; Scully, Marlan O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
We studied a propagation of comb of optical pulses produced by a mode-locked diode laser in rubidium vapor. EIT was observed when pulse repetition rate is subharmonic of the hyperfine splitting of the ground state.
Keywords :
ground states; high-speed optical techniques; hyperfine interactions; laser mode locking; quantum optics; rubidium; self-induced transparency; semiconductor lasers; EIT; Rb; diode laser mode-locking; electromagnetically induced transparency; ground state; hyperfine splitting subharmonics; nonlinear optics; optical pulse propagation; pulse repetition rate; rubidium vapor; short optical pulse comb; Diode lasers; Frequency; Hafnium; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Oscilloscopes; Stationary state; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548735
