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Generation of coherent population trapping resonances with nearly 100% transmission contrast
Published
Author(s)
V Shah, Svenja A. Knappe, Leo W. Hollberg, John E. Kitching
Abstract
We demonstrate a simple setup for observing very high contrast coherent population trapping resonances in rubidium-87. The high contrast is achieved by eliminating the DC-light background through polarization and spectral filtering.
Proceedings Title
Proc. 2007 Joint Mtg. IEEE Intl. Freq. Cont. Symp. and EFTF Conf.
atomic clocks, coherent population trapping, four-wave-mixing, magnetometers
Citation
Shah, V.
, Knappe, S.
, Hollberg, L.
and Kitching, J.
(2007),
Generation of coherent population trapping resonances with nearly 100% transmission contrast, Proc. 2007 Joint Mtg. IEEE Intl. Freq. Cont. Symp. and EFTF Conf., Geneva, CH, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50571
(Accessed October 11, 2025)