Electromagnetically induced transparency in a Bose-Einstein condensate

Year: 2002

Authors: Ahufinger V., Corbalan R., Cataliotti F. S., Burger S., Minardi F., Fort C.

Autors Affiliation: Departament de Fisica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain; INFM-European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS) and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze, Via Nello Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto F.no, Italy

Abstract: We report on the direct observation of the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) lineshape of cold 87 Rb atoms above and below the transition temperature for Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC). Similar results are observed in both temperature regimes, with an absorption reduction of about 60%. Good agreement with a theoretical model is
Discussed.

Journal/Review: OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

Volume: 211 (1-6)      Pages from: 159  to: 165

More Information: Support from the DGESIC (Spanish Government), from the DGR (Catalan Government), and from the EC (contracts HPRI-CT-1999-00111 and HPMT-CT-2000-00123) is acknowledged. We acknowledge funding from the INFM (project “Photon Matter”) and the MURST (Italian Government). We wish to thank M. Artoni and M. Inguscio for many useful discussions. R.C. dedicates this work to Prof. Domingo Gonzalez, from the University of Zaragoza, on the occasion of his retirement.
KeyWords: Condensation; Light propagation; Magnetoelectric effects; Refractive index, Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), Quantum optics
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(02)01826-6

Citations: 20
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