Electromagnetically induced left handedness in optically excited four-level atomic media.
We show that left-handed properties can be electromagnetically induced in a general four-level atomic medium for a finite spectral range. We use an electric (magnetic) atomic transition as an electric (magnetic) resonator to modify the permittivity (permeability), both at the same frequency. The implementation of the four-level model is carried out in atomic hydrogen and neon. In each case the existence of left-handed properties is predicted inside an experimentally reachable domain of parameters.
Optique Nonlinéaire Théorique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine CP 231, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.
Quentin
Q
Thommen
Paul
P
Mandel