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    "abstract": "We report on the observation of a new magic frequency within the hyperfine structure of the D2 line of ${}^{87}$Rb atoms at which the scattering of light into a high-finesse cavity is suppressed by an interplay between quantum interference and the strong collective coupling of atoms to the cavity. Scattering from a cloud of laser-driven cold atoms into the cavity was measured in a polarization sensitive way. We have found that both the Rayleigh and Raman scattering processes into the near-resonant cavity modes are extinguished at 185 MHz below the F=2$\\leftrightarrow$F\u0027=3 transition frequency. This coincidence together with the shape of the observed spectral dip imply that the effect relies on a quantum interference in the polariton excitations of the strongly coupled combined atom-photon system. We have also demonstrated the existence of a magic frequency around -506 MHz, where only the Raman scattering is suppressed due to a quantum interference effect at the single-atom level.",
    "arxiv_id": "2601.08978",
    "authors": [
      "\u00c1. Kurk\u00f3",
      "B. G\u00e1bor",
      "D. Varga",
      "A. Simon",
      "T. Barmashova",
      "A. Dombi",
      "T. W. Clark",
      "F. I. B. Williams",
      "D. Nagy",
      "A. Vukics",
      "P. Domokos"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "license": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "title": "Collective inhibition of light scattering from atoms into an optical cavity at a magic frequency",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08978",
    "version": "v1"
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