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Coherent control of light field with electromagnetically induced transparency in a dark state Raman coherent tripod system

Quantum Physics 2008-01-02 v2

Abstract

The coherent superposition of two-atomic levels induced by coherent population trapping is employed in a standard Λ\Lambda type scheme to form a tripod-like system. A weak probe pulse scanning across the system is shown to experience a crossover from absorption to transparent and then to amplification. Consequently the group velocity of the probe pulse can be controlled to propagate either as a subluminal, a standard, a superluminal or even a negative speed. It is shown that the propagation behavior of the light field is entirely determined and controlled by the initial states of the coherent superposition.

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@article{arxiv.0711.4259,
  title  = {Coherent control of light field with electromagnetically induced transparency in a dark state Raman coherent tripod system},
  author = {YongYao Li and HuaRong Zhang and YongZhu Chen and JianYing Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4259},
  year   = {2008}
}