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Nuclear spin induced transparency

He-bin Zhang1, Yuanjiang Tang1, and Yong-Chun Liu1,2,*

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
  • 2Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China

  • *Contact author: ycliu@tsinghua.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. Research 7, L012069 – Published 12 March, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.L012069

Abstract

Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is an important quantum optical phenomenon which provides a crucial tool for light manipulation. However, typically the transparency window is broad, limited by the coherence time of the metastable state. Here, we show that an extremely narrow transparency window can be realized using nuclear spin induced transparency (NSIT), which is achieved by combining the optical field, magnetic field, and the spin-exchange interaction between noble-gas nuclear spins and alkali-metal electronic spins. The width of the NSIT window can be several orders of magnitude smaller than that of conventional EIT, and even reaches the sub-mHz range due to the long coherence time of nuclear spins. The scheme holds great potential for applications in slow light and magnetic field sensing.

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Phys. Rev. Research 7, L012069– Published 12 March, 2025
  • Received 18 November 2023
  • Revised 13 September 2024
  • Accepted 30 January 2025
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