Abstract
Using the four-level N-system discussed by Schmidt and Imamoglu, Opt. Lett. 21,1936(1996), we observe cross-absorption modulation in hot Rubidium atoms. Quantum coherences from coherent population trapping create larger Kerr nonlinearities than conventional three-level cascade systems.
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