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Coherent backscattering under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency

Quantum Physics 2015-05-27 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Atomic Physics Optics

Abstract

We consider the influence of a resonant control field on weak localization of light in ultracold atomic ensembles. Both steady-state and pulsed light excitation are considered. We show that the presence of a control field essentially changes the type of interference effects which occur under conditions of multiple scattering. For example, for some scattering polarization channels the presence of a control field can cause destructive interference through which the enhancement factor, normally considered to be greater than one, becomes less than one.

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@article{arxiv.1102.5508,
  title  = {Coherent backscattering under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency},
  author = {I. M. Sokolov and D. V. Kupriyanov and M. D. Havey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.5508},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Submitted to Journal of Modern Optics, Special Issue: Proceedings of PQE 2011

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