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We have studied electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in diatomic cesium molecules in a vapor cell by using tunable diode lasers. We have observed a sub-natural Λ-resonance in absorption molecular band B 1Π u − X 1Σ + g at different cesium vapor pressures. The width of the EIT resonance shows a linear dependence on a cesium vapor pressure.
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Li, H., Chen, H., Gubin, M.A. et al. Observation of electromagnetically induced transparency in cesium molecules. Laser Phys. 20, 1725–1728 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X10150077
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