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We review the concepts and the physics behind electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and lasing without inversion (LWI) for various models of the V-type configurations.
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Lee, H., Scully, M.O. The Physics of EIT and LWI in V-Type Configurations. Foundations of Physics 28, 585–600 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018709621908
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