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We experimentally demonstrate the elementary case of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) with a single atom inside an optical cavity probed by a weak field. We observe the modification of the dispersive and absorptive properties…

Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is predicted for x rays in laser-dressed neon gas. The x-ray photoabsorption cross section and polarizability near the Ne K edge are calculated using an ab initio theory suitable for optical…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Christian Buth , Robin Santra , Linda Young

Entanglement preservation in noisy quantum memories represents a long-standing conceptual challenge in quantum information science. While experiments have shown that electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) memories can store…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-03 Po-Han Tseng , Yong-Fan Chen

Quantum entanglement is an essential ingredient for the absolute security of quantum communication. Generation of continuous-variable entanglement or two-mode squeezing between light fields based on the effect of electromagnetically induced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-01 You-Lin Chuang , Ray-Kuang Lee , Ite A. Yu

We present theoretical and experimental results of coherent population trapping spectra on a multi-level $^{40}$Ca$^+$-type configuration, adding a third beam to the standard two-laser $\Lambda$ system to avoid undesired optical pumping. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 Nicolás Nuñez Barreto , Martin Drechsler , Christian Tomás Schmiegelow

Ultra-cold atoms trapped in an optical dipole trap and prepared in a coherent superposition of their hyperfine ground states, decohere as they interact with their environment. We demonstrate than the loss in coherence in an "echo"…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 M. F. Andersen , A. Kaplan , T. Grünzweig , N. Davidson

We construct the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) by dynamically coupling a superradiant state with a subradiant state. The superradiant and subradiant states with enhanced and inhibited decay rates act as the excited and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Wei Feng , Da-Wei Wang , Han Cai , Shi-Yao Zhu , Marlan O. Scully

The method for observing the high-contrast and narrow-width resonances of electromagnetically induced absorption (EIA) in the Hanle configuration under counterpropagating light waves is proposed. We theoretically analyze the absorption of a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-11-11 D. V. Brazhnikov , A. V. Taichenachev , V. I. Yudin

The integration of photonic components into surface ion traps provides a scalable approach for trapped-ion quantum computing, sensing, and metrology, enabling compact systems with enhanced stability and precision. However, the introduction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Guochun Du , Elena Jordan , Tanja E. Mehlstäubler

We present an experimental proposal to achieve a strong photon blockade by employing electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) with single alkaline-earth-metal atom trapped in an optical cavity. In the presence of optical Stark shift,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-02 Jing Tang , Yuangang Deng , Chaohong Lee

Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is a well-known phenomenon due in part to its applicability to quantum devices such as quantum memories and quantum gates. EIT is commonly modeled with a three-level lambda system due to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-21 Saesun Kim , Alberto M. Marino

The capacity to confine light into a small region of space is of paramount importance in many areas of modern science. Here, we suggest a mechanism to store a quantized "bit" of light - with a very precise amount of energy - in an open…

Optics · Physics 2016-10-20 Sylvain Lannebère , Mário G. Silveirinha

We propose a method for dynamically controlling the properties of a metamaterial that mimics electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) by introducing varactor diodes to manipulate the structural symmetry of the metamaterial. Dynamic…

The electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) phenomenon in a four level atomic system with tripod configuration is studied. The results show that this configuration is equivalent to the combination of two single three-level $\Lambda$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-11-20 Xiao Li , Yu Liu , Hong Guo

We propose a new measurement scheme for the atom-molecule dark state by using electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) technique. Based on a density-matrix formalism, we calculate the absorption coefficient numerically. The appearance…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 Guang-Ri Jin , Chul Koo Kim , Kyun Nahm

We discuss the use of electromagnetically modified absorption to achieve selective excitation in atoms: that is, the laser excitation of one transition while avoiding simultaneously exciting another transition whose frequency is the same as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. J. McDonnell , D. N. Stacey , A. M. Steane

Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) has mainly been modelled for three-level systems. In particular, a considerable interest has been dedicated to the Lambda-configuration, with two ground states and one excited state. However,…

Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) on atomic D$_{1}$ line of rubidium is studied using a nanometric-thin cell with atomic vapor column length in the range of L= 400 - 800 nm. It is shown that the reduction of the cell thickness…

The optical properties of a fixed atom are well-known and investigated. For example, the extraordinarily large cross section of a single atom as seen by a resonant photon is essential for quantum optical applications. Mechanical effects…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Teresa D. Karanikolaou , Robert J. Bettles , Darrick E. Chang

We propose the use of trapped ions for detection of millicharged dark matter. Millicharged particles will scatter off the ions, giving a signal either in individual events or in the overall heating rate of the ions. Ion traps have several…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-08-12 Dmitry Budker , Peter W. Graham , Harikrishnan Ramani , Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler , Christian Smorra , Stefan Ulmer