Negative index of refraction in a four-level system with magnetoelectric cross coupling and local field corrections
arXiv:1107.0244 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.013803
Abstract
This research focuses on a coherently driven four-level atomic medium with the aim of inducing a negative index of refraction while taking into consideration local field corrections as well as magnetoelectric cross coupling, i.e. chirality, within the material's response functions. Two control fields are used to render the medium transparent for a probe field which simultaenously couples to an electric and a magnetic dipole transition, thus allowing one to test the permittivity and permeability of the material at the same time. Numerical simulations show that a negative index of refraction with low absorption can be obtained for a range of probe detunings while depending on number density and the ratio between the intensities of the control fields.
arXiv comment6 pages, 6 figures, Conferencia Española de Nanofotonica (CEN), Segovia, Spain 2010
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