Electromagnetically induced left-handedness in a dense gas of three level atoms
Atomic Physics
2009-11-10 v1 Other Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Optics
Abstract
We discuss how a three level system can be used to change the frequency dependent magnetic permeability of an atomic gas to be significantly different from one. We derive the conditions for such a scheme to be successful and briefly discuss the resulting macroscopic electrodynamics. We find that it may be possible to obtain left handed electrodynamics for an atomic gas using three atomic levels.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0406039,
title = {Electromagnetically induced left-handedness in a dense gas of three level atoms},
author = {M. O. Oktel and Ö. E. Müstecaplıoğlu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0406039},
year = {2009}
}
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7 pages,3 figures