Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

Coherent nonlinearity that makes an absorbing medium transparent in a narrow window, enabling slow and stored light.

Specifications & Metrics

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Quantum Optics & Information

Core Principles & Analysis

• A coherent optical nonlinearity which renders a medium transparent within a narrow spectral range around an absorption line.
• Observation involves two optical fields tuned to interact with three quantum states of a material.
• It is a standard route to slow light.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Electromagnetically induced transparency