Electromagnetically induced left-handedness in a dense gas of three-level atoms
Date
2004
Authors
Oktel, M. Ö.
Müstecaphoǧlu, Ö. E.
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Instructor
Source Title
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Print ISSN
1050-2947
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Publisher
The American Physical Society
Volume
70
Issue
5
Pages
053806-1 - 053806-7
Language
English
Type
Review
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Abstract
Ways in which a three-level system can be used to change the frequency-dependent magnetic permeability of an atomic gas were discussed. The resulting macroscopic electrodynamics was also discussed. The two levels were separated at optical frequencies while having a nonvanishing magnetic dipole matrix element. It was found that such level splittings require large external magnetic fields.
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Computation theory, Electric fields, Electrodynamics, Electromagnetism, Frequencies, Magnetic permeability, Refractive index, Vectors, Dipole moments, Free space, Photonic crystals, Split ring resonators, Quantum theory