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Understanding asymmetry in electromagnetically induced transparency for 87Rb in strong transverse magnetic field

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We present the results of our experimental investigation performed for D2 line of 87Rb. In this work, we have studied the phenomenon of electromagnetically induced transparency of 87Rb in presence of a transverse magnetic field and it is interesting to find the EIT spectrum shows signature of the closely lying hyperfine excited states in particular F′ = 1. We choose two different configurations for our study namely, Λ1 and Λ2 realised by locking probe beam at two different transition i.e. |F = 1〉 → |F′ = 2〉 and |F = 2〉 → |F′ = 2〉 respectively. We observe asymmetric features in both configurations at high magnetic field and for Λ1 configuration we find complete conversion from transmission to absorption. We explain the observations by quantitative assessment of the impurities in the dark states which arises because of the influence of the neighbouring states. We substantiate our experimental findings with density based numerical calculations.

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    Indra Hang Subba, Ranjit Kumar Singh, Nayan Sharma & Ajay Tripathi

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Subba, I.H., Singh, R.K., Sharma, N. et al. Understanding asymmetry in electromagnetically induced transparency for 87Rb in strong transverse magnetic field. Eur. Phys. J. D 74, 136 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2020-10050-7

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