Atomic interference phenomena in solids with a long-lived spin coherence Academic Article

abstract

• We generalize the theory of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and slow group velocity for the case of the homogeneous and inhomogeneous line broadening in both one- and two-photon transitions which unavoidably takes place in solid materials with a long-lived spin coherence. We identify regimes of EIT where the linewidth can be essentially reduced due to inhomogeneous broadening and, moreover, can be proportional to the amplitude of the driving field rather than the intensity. We suggest also a class of solid materials, namely, rare-earth ion doped semiconductors or dielectrics with electricdipole allowed transitions, that is very promising for realization and applications of EIT. 5555 2002 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Hemmer, Philip
• Kocharovskaya, Olga
• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

• Kuznetsova, E., Kocharovskaya, O., Hemmer, P., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 72

complete list of authors

• Kuznetsova, E||Kocharovskaya, O||Hemmer, P||Scully, MO

publication date

• December 2002

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5108 Quantum Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.063802

start page

• 063802

end page

• 6380213

volume

• 66

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.66.063802