
Overview
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Quantum Optics Laboratory at Florida International University
We study quantum coherence and interference in atoms manifested by electromagnetically induced transparency and its applications in quantum optics and nonlinear optics. We perform experiments with cold rubidium atoms in free space or confined in an optical resonator and use multiple laser fields to study the coherent interactions of atoms and photons, and to prepare and control the coupled quantum states of atoms and photons.
Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics: We study manipulation and control of quantum states in a multi-atom cavity QED system and its applications in quantum measurements and quantum logic gates. The experiments are performed by confining cold atoms in an optical resonator, preparing and measuring the coupled atom-cavity system with multiple laser fields.
Nonlinear Optics in Coherently Coupled Atomic Systems: We produce cold rubidium atoms in a magneto-optical trap and couple the atoms with multiple laser fields to create electromagnetically transparency, which enables us to observe resonantly enhanced nonlinear susceptibilities and study nonlinear optics at low light intensities. We also produce tailored laser beams to confine and transport neutral atoms and to develop methods for construction of atoms waveguide and atom storage devices.
research interests
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Light Manipulation of Neutral Atoms: Cooling and trapping of neutral atoms, atom optics with tailored optical beams and laser spectroscopic applications of trapped cold atoms.
Laser Induced Atomic Coherence: Nonlinear optics with cold atoms, coherence induced interference in atomic excitation and decay, and cavity-enhanced nonlinear optics.
Scholarly & Creative Works
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2022Collective Resonance of D States in Rubidium Atoms Probed by Optical Two-Dimensional Coherent SpectroscopyFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.103601 Web of Science: 000767685400006
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2022Semiclassical and quantum nonlinear spectra of a strongly coupled single ?-type three-level atom-cavity QED systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/09500340.2022.2045373 Web of Science: 000764999500001
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2022Interaction-free bidirectional multi-channel all-optical switching in a multi-level coupling atom-cavity systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OL.445468 Web of Science: 000756709400025
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2020Combination of the W boson polarization measurements in top quark decays using ATLAS and CMS data at root s=8 TeVFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2020)051 Web of Science: 000562898300001
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2020Convergence and divergence focusing phenomena at the focal plane of ultrashort pulsesFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.390255 Web of Science: 000548281800010
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2020The Great Oxidation Event expanded the genetic repertoire of arsenic metabolism and cyclingFull Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2001063117 Web of Science: 000532837500042
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2020Laser frequency locking with subnatural linewidh spectroscopyFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.380337 Web of Science: 000518554400048
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2019The Subseasonal Experiment (SubX): A Multimodel Subseasonal Prediction ExperimentFull Text via DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0270.1 Web of Science: 000492386000015
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2019Long range dipole-dipole interaction in low-density atomic vapors probed by double-quantum two-dimensional coherent spectroscopyFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OE.27.028891 Web of Science: 000488282800144
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2019Observation of scalable and deterministic multi-atom Dicke states in an atomic vaporFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OL.44.002795 Web of Science: 000469838100047
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2019Multiphoton nonclassical state generated by hyperradiance originating from a quasi-subradiant stateFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.043814 Web of Science: 000464710500005
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2018Collision induced magnetic resonance in Cesium atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OE.26.030313 Web of Science: 000449972600059
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2018Coherent perfect absorption in a quantum nonlinear regime of cavity quantum electrodynamicsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.97.053825 Web of Science: 000433002600010
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2018Integrated investigation of the Li
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2017Biotic and abiotic drivers of the tree growth and mortality trade-off in an old-growth temperate forestFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.004 Web of Science: 000413384000035
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2017Control of optical bistability in the nonlinear regime of two-sided cavity quantum electrodynamicsFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.34.001780 Web of Science: 000409303100002
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2017Bacterial resistance to arsenic protects against protist killingFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10534-017-0003-4 Web of Science: 000398709100014
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2017Interference control of perfect photon absorption in cavity quantum electrodynamicsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.95.013841 Web of Science: 000399495600010
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2016Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese hazeFull Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1616540113 Web of Science: 000388835700047
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2016Analysis of Time, Cost, and Environmental Impact Relationships at the Building-Material LevelFull Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000430 Web of Science: 000378859700008
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2016Perfect photon absorption in the nonlinear regime of cavity quantum electrodynamicsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.93.063805 Web of Science: 000377249400013
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2016Inositol transporters AtINT2 and AtINT4 regulate arsenic accumulation in Arabidopsis seedsFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2015.202 Web of Science: 000375385300007
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2016Observation of Fano-Type Interference in a Coupled Cavity-Atom SystemFull Text via DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/33/1/014202
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2015Quantum nonlinear cavity quantum electrodynamics with coherently prepared atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.92.033822 Web of Science: 000361116400012
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2015Photon trapping in cavity quantum electrodynamicsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.92.023824 Web of Science: 000359486000013
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2015Polariton states of cavity coupled three-level atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.32.001208 Web of Science: 000355632200027
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2015Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in pp Collisions at root s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS ExperimentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.191803 Web of Science: 000432113300001
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2014Interference control of nonlinear excitation in a multi-atom cavity quantum electrodynamics systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.006695 Web of Science: 000345963800037
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2014Observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurement of its propertiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3076-z Web of Science: 000346419300001
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2014Two-channel cross-phase modulation in a multi-atom cavity quantum electrodynamics systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.31.000619 Web of Science: 000332639100030
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2014Interaction-free all-optical switching at low light intensities in a multiatom cavity-QED systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.89.023806 Web of Science: 000332220000013
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2014Wading bird guano contributes to Hg accumulation in tree island soils in the Florida EvergladesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.08.037 Web of Science: 000329419200038
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2013Light controlling light in a coupled atom-cavity systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.053802 Web of Science: 000318503400007
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2012Observation of dressed intracavity dark statesFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.013814 Web of Science: 000299114900011
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2011Broadband cavity electromagnetically induced transparencyFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.84.045806 Web of Science: 000296281500010
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2010Four-wave mixing in a three-level bichromatic electromagnetically induced transparency systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.045804 Web of Science: 000282747800016
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2010All-optical switching in a coupled cavity-atom systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.033808 Web of Science: 000281779000011
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2010Research update for articles published in EJCI in 2008Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02351.x
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2010Manipulating Atomic Coherence and Interference in a Coupled Atom-Cavity SystemFull Text via DOI: 10.1134/S1054660X10090112 Web of Science: 000280655900006
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2010White-light cavity based on coherent Raman scattering via normal modes of a coupled cavity-and-atom systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.033804 Web of Science: 000276262500183
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2010Large Kerr nonlinearities on cavity-atom polaritonsFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.000303 Web of Science: 000274196100012
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2009Collective coupling of atoms with cavity mode and free-space fieldFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.004798 Web of Science: 000264747300064
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2009
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2008Optical switching mediated by quantum interference of Raman transitionsFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019112 Web of Science: 000260866000063
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2008Suppressing normal mode excitation by quantum interference in a cavity-atom systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.007860 Web of Science: 000256469900032
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2008Slow light with cavity electromagnetically induced transparencyFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.000046 Web of Science: 000252648700018
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2007Vacuum Rabi splitting and intracavity dark state in a cavity-atom systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.053814 Web of Science: 000251326400153
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2007All-optical switching at ultralow light levelsFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OL.32.001317 Web of Science: 000246121000041
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2007Polychromatic-field-induced transparency and absorption in a three-level Lambda systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.043810 Web of Science: 000246074600132
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2007Sub-Doppler spectral resolution in a resonantly driven four-level coherent mediumFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.08.017 Web of Science: 000242856600017
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2006Copropagating superluminal and slow light manifested by electromagnetically assisted nonlinear optical processesFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.002598 Web of Science: 000240008700028
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2006Magnetostriction and magnetoresistance in nanocontactsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2005.08.020
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2006Phase-controlled light switching at low light levelsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.011802
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2004Slow-light six-wave mixing at low light intensitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.073601
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2004Steady-state population inversion by multiphoton electromagnetically induced transparencyFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000806 Web of Science: 000220676300014
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2004Superluminal and slow light propagation in cold atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.011801
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2003Observation of Large Kerr Nonlinearity at Low Light IntensitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.093601
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2003Efficient hyper-Raman scattering in resonant coherent mediaFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.000631 Web of Science: 000181989100015
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2003Large enhancement of four-wave mixing by suppression of photon absorption from electromagnetically induced transparencyFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.013811 Web of Science: 000180804600119
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2003Normal or anomalous dispersion and gain in a resonant coherent mediumFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.063806
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2002#76 Systolic blood pressure growth in us children and adolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/s1047-2797(02)00364-2
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2001Nonlinear absorption by quantum interference in cold atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.000548
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2001Electromagnetically induced transparency in cold rubidium atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001057
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2001Laser induced atomic coherence and interference in cold atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/jccs.200100047
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2001Observation of absorptive photon switching by quantum interferenceFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.041801
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2001Observation of doubly dressed states in cold atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.013412
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2001Suppression of two-photon absorption by quantum interferenceFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.043807
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2000Pyramidal-hollow-beam dipole trap for alkali atomsWeb of Science: 000086876900006
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2000Coherent population trapping and four-wave mixing via dark states in a Doppler-broadened open Rb systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.033805 Web of Science: 000085836300103
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2000Dark-hollow-beam guiding and splitting of a low-velocity atomic beamFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001817
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1999Multilevel dark states in an inhomogeneously broadened open atomic systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.4005
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1999Possibility of an optically-trapped Bose-Einstein condensationFull Text via DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/16/5/014
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1998Gravito-optical trap for cold atoms with doughnut-hollow-beam coolingFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00637-9
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1998Fraunhofer and Fresnel field distributions from the LP01 mode in a micro-sized hollow optical fibreFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/095003498150772 Web of Science: 000075832700010
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1998Atom guiding and cooling in a dark hollow laser beamFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.509
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1998Doughnut-beam-induced Sisyphus cooling in atomic guiding and collimationFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002235
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1998Optical potential for atom guidance in a dark hollow laser beamFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001816
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1998Optical potential for atom guidance in a dark hollow laser beamFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000025
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1997Coherent optical transients in a three-level atomic systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002596
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1997Light amplification mechanisms in a coherently coupled atomic systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4568
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1996Measurement of light amplification in coherently pumped rubidium atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(96)00040-5
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1996Inversionless lasing and photon statistics in a V-type atomic systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.1065
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1996Sub-Doppler light amplification in a coherently pumped atomic systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.1767
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1994Light amplification by coherence in a three-level laserFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(94)90723-4
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1993Lasing without or with inversion in a closed four-level systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.47.495
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1992First Observation of the Urbach Tail in a Multicomponent Organic SystemFull Text via DOI: 10.1366/0003702924125393
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1992Temperature Dependence of Fluorescence of Crude Oils and Related CompoundsFull Text via DOI: 10.1021/ef00035a003
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1992Lasing without inversion in a closed three-level systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.45.R6149
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1992Velocity-tuned resonances and resonance fluorescence in a standing-wave fieldFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.46.479
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1991Emission spectrum of coherently driven three-level atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.43.1502
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1990MEASUREMENTS OF R FOR E+E- ANNIHILATION AT THE KEK COLLIDER TRISTANFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.42.1339 Web of Science: A1990DX39800003
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1990CHARGED-PARTICLE MULTIPLICITIES IN E+E- ANNIHILATIONS AT SQUARE-ROOT-S=50-61.4 GEVFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.42.737 Web of Science: A1990DQ35000001
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1990MULTIHADRON-EVENT PROPERTIES IN E+E- ANNIHILATION AT SQUARE-ROOT S = 52-57 GEVFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.41.2675 Web of Science: A1990DC23100003
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1990A SEARCH FOR LEPTOQUARK AND COLORED LEPTON PAIR PRODUCTION IN E+E- ANNIHILATIONS AT TRISTANFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(90)90442-9 Web of Science: A1990DB96000045
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1990FORWARD-BACKWARD CHARGE ASYMMETRY IN E+E--]HADRON JETSFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.983 Web of Science: A1990CQ14100001
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1990Two-photon gain and lasing in strongly driven two-level atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.3131
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1989Multiphoton double ionisation of Ba from 280 to 700 nmFull Text via DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/22/4/006
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1989MEASUREMENT OF E+E--]BBBAR FORWARD-BACKWARD CHANGE ASYMMETRY BETWEEN SQUARE-ROOT-S=52 AND 57 GEVFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.2341 Web of Science: A1989AZ86600007
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1989Cavity-perturbed strong-field resonance fluorescenceFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.39.2754
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1986Sr 5p1/2ns1/2 and 5p3/2ns1/2 J=1 autoionizing statesFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.33.2401
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1985Channel interaction of the three 6pnd J=3 autoionizing series in bariumFull Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.32.2234
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Book
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2009Atomic coherence and its potential applicationsFull Text via DOI: 10.2174/97816080508571100101
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Book Chapter
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2009Phase-dependent atomic coherence and interference in multi-level atomic systems. 21-37.Full Text via DOI: 10.2174/978160805085711001010021
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2008Digital Design for Functionally Graded Material Components Rapid Prototyping Manufacturing. 491-497.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79246-8_38
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2003Absorptive photon switching by quantum interference. 605-606.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8907-9_190
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2003Chapter 3 Generation of dark hollow beams and their applications. 119-204.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6638(03)80005-7
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1989Experimental Study of the Fluorescence Spectrum Emitted by Two-Level Atoms under Strong Bichromatic Excitation. 1297-1301.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0847-8_234
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1989Polarization of Dressed Atom-Field States in the Transient and Steady-State Regimes. 1291-1295.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0847-8_233
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Conference
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2014Light controlling light in a coupled cavity-atom systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/497/1/012007 Web of Science: 000336253700007
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2013Coherent manipulation of quantum states in a coupled cavity-atom systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/414/1/012001 Web of Science: 000315404300001
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2010Tunable-bandwidth white-light cavity using anomalous dispersion in cold atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/ls.2010.lwa3
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2009Atomic coherence and interference in a coupled atom-cavity system. 1955-1963.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/09500340903156806 Web of Science: 000272380800008
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2007All-optical switching at ultra-low light levels. 1795-1796.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/ACSSC.2007.4487543 Web of Science: 000268751001340
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2007Intracavity electromagnetically induced transparency in cold atomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/cqo.2007.cmi44
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2007Vacuum rabi splitting and intra-cavity dark state in a cavity-atoms systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/ls.2007.lwh3
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2005BNF (Backus-Naur Form) representations of semantic mappings for hybrid integration in AEC. 504-507.Web of Science: 000234475300116
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2005Nonlinear wave mixing with electromagnetically induced transparency in cold atoms. 2391-2399.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/09500340500275892
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2005An adaptive rake receiver for time hopping impulse radio ultra-wideband communications. 371-375.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/APCC.2005.1554083 Web of Science: 000235996100078
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2005Observation of three-photon and one-photon interference in a double EIT systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/ls.2005.lwe5
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2004XML-based standards for construction project data exchange. 142-144.Web of Science: 000227465800039
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2004Slow-light four-wave mixing at low light intensities. ima5.Full Text via DOI: 10.1364/iqec.2004.ima5
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2002Observations of absorptive photon switching and suppression of two-photon absorption in cold atoms. 675-685.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/09500340110088614
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2001Absorptive photon switching by quantum interference. 97.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/QELS.2001.961905
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2001Suppression of two-photon absorption by quantum interference. 30-31.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/QELS.2001.961808
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1998New methods to stabilize frequency and power of a two-longitudinal-mode He-Ne laser in two-mode laser interferometers. 376-384.Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.312958
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1994The stability of NiTi-Pd and NiTi-Hf high temperature shape memory alloys. 253-257.Web of Science: A1994BD64E00048
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1994BILINEAR RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK. 1459-1464.Web of Science: A1994BC54C00271
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1989
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1990MASS LIMITS OF CHARGED HIGGS BOSON AT LARGE TAN-BETA FROM E+E- ANNIHILATIONS AT SQUARE-ROOT-S=50-60.8 GEV. 949-951.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.42.949 Web of Science: A1990DQ35000032
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Other Scholarly Work
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2019One thousand plant transcriptomes and the phylogenomics of green plants.. 679-685.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1693-2
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2017Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates.. 9326-9331.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701762114
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1999Erratum: Evanescent light-wave atomic funnel: A tandem hollow-fiber, hollow-beam approach [Phys. Rev. A 57, 1957 (1998)]. 1717-1717.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.1717.2
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2021The enigma of environmental organoarsenicalsFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2021.1947678 Web of Science: 000674789900001
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2021Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition). 1-382.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2020.1797280 Web of Science: 000636121800001
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2016Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition). 1-222.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356 Web of Science: 000373595400001
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1994Comment on Lasing without inversion in a V system due to trapping of modified atomic states. 2203-2204.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.49.2203
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Cheng, Jen-Hao, Construction and characterization of an optical tweezers 2003
Research
principal investigator on
- Atomic Coherence and Interference in a Coupled Atom-Cavity System awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2017
- Manipulating Photon-Atom Interactions with Atomic Coherence and Interference awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2012
- Quantum Optics with Coherently Driven Cold Atoms. awarded by National Science Foundation 2006 - 2009
Contact
full name
- Yifu Zhu