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Thermal bath effect on a left-handed three-level system

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In this paper we consider a three level electromagnetically induced transparency atomic system under magneto-cross coupling effect. We investigate a theoretical study of the thermal bath effect on the electromagnetic properties of the system. We have shown that although the magneto-cross coupling effect induces chirality and enhances the ability to attain low absorption and negative refraction in left-handed media, the thermal bath has a considerable effect even at very low coupling strengths and causes the medium to lose its lefthanded properties.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University College Station, 77843, Texas, USA

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Boutabba, N. Thermal bath effect on a left-handed three-level system. Eur. Phys. J. D 66, 158 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2012-30135-0

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