Microwave Induced Transparency in Ruby
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Cunkai Wu; Yang Zhao; Myung K. Kim; Byoung S. Ham; Eddie Awad
- Source
- Physical Review Letters. 79:641-644
- Subject
- Coupling (electronics)
Materials science
Field (physics)
business.industry
Transparency (graphic)
Microwave spectra
General Physics and Astronomy
Optoelectronics
Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
business
Solid medium
Microwave
Magnetic field
- Language
- ISSN
- 1079-7114
0031-9007
We report experimental observations of field-induced transparency in a solid medium. Absorption reduction of 20% was observed in ruby using a magnetic field for the creation of closely spaced lower levels and a microwave field for the coupling of these states.