Single atoms go transparent

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Electromagnetic Induced Transparency (EIT) seen in single atoms, real and artificial

Making an opaque material transparent might seem like magic. But for well over a decade, physicists have been able to do just that in atomic gases using the phenomenon of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Now, however, this seemingly magical effect has been observed in single atoms – and in "artificial" atoms consisting of a superconducting loop – for the first time.

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