Effects of a highly dispersive atomic medium inside an optical ring cavity |
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Authors: | D. J. GOORSKEY HAI WANG W. H. BURKETT MIN XIAO |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA |
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Abstract: | Atomic media inside an optical cavity can significantly alter the spectral response of the cavity. Both theoretical and experimental examinations are made of the cavity transmission with a highly dispersive intracavity multilevel atomic medium. It is found, owing to the reduced absorption and steep dispersion change accompanying electromagnetically induced transparency in such a multi-level atomic medium, that the cavity linewidth can be made much narrower than the empty cavity linewidth. Cavity linewidth narrowing is measured as a function of both the coupling beam power and the atomic density. These experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions. |
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