High Contrast Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in a Nitrogen Filled Rb Vapour Cell
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors observed the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) spectra inside a nitrogen filled Rb vapour cell (Rb-N2) in a five-level Λ-type system of D2 transition of Rb atom.
Abstract: We observe the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) spectra inside a nitrogen filled Rb vapour cell (Rb-N2) in a five-level Λ-type system of D2 transition of Rb atom. The high contrast EIT resonance in buffer gas filled Rb cell is obtained under our experimental conditions. The effect of velocity changing coherence preserving collisions to obtain the contrast resonance in buffer gas cell has been discussed. We measured the dependence of EIT width and height on pump intensity and find that the EIT width (FWHM) and peak height have a linear dependence on pump intensity. Our experimental results show that the presence of N2 buffer gas reduces the power broadening of the observed resonances.
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TL;DR: Efficient all-optical modulation using Rb vapor confined to a hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber is demonstrated, corresponding to 23 photons per atomic cross section lambda(2)/(2pi).
Abstract: We demonstrate efficient all-optical modulation using Rb vapor confined to a hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber. The intensity of a signal field participating in the four-wave-mixing process is modulated using a weak switching field. We observe 3dB of attenuation in the signal field with only 3600 photons of switching energy, corresponding to 23 photons per atomic cross section λ2/(2π). Modulation bandwidths as high as 300MHz are observed.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in diatomic cesium molecules in a vapor cell by using tunable diode lasers.
Abstract: 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
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at different cesium vapor pressures The width of the EIT resonance shows a linear dependence on a cesium vapor pressure
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TL;DR: In this article, the experimental observations of double EIT and enhanced EIT signal in a combination of Λ- and V-type multi-level system of the D2 transition of 85Rb atoms interacting with three laser fields are reported.
Abstract: We report the experimental observations of double EIT and enhanced EIT signal in a combination of Λ- and V-type multi-level system of the D2 transition of 85Rb atoms interacting with three laser fields. The EIT formation under a Λ-type and V-type systems is also observed separately. It is found that the EIT width in a V-type system becomes narrower than the Λ-type system. Also the effect of frequency detuning of the control laser on the probe absorption profile is studied in presence of Λ- and V-type EIT systems.
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TL;DR: In this article, a variety of coherent non-linear resonances were investigated experimentally in the presence of a standing wave pump field for the D2 transition of both Rb isotopes.
Abstract: A variety of coherent non-linear resonances are investigated experimentally in the presence of a standing wave pump field for the D2 transition of both Rb isotopes. Under Λ configuration, the observed enhanced absorption dips along with electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) peak are described. The effect of the pump frequency detuning on EIT is studied. At exact resonance, the EIT splitting with FWHM of 2.0 and 1.2 MHz is attributed to the spatial modulation of EIT resonance in the standing wave field. In a V configuration, velocity selective resonances (VSR) together with electromagnetically induced absorption (EIA) dip are observed and studied at different pump–probe intensity ratios.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the phenomenon of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) of 87Rb vapor with a buffer gas in a magnetic field at room temperature and found that the spectral lines caused by the velocity selective optical pump effects get much weaker and wider when the sample cell is mixed with a 5-Torr N2 gas while the EIT signal is kept almost unchanged.
Abstract: We have studied the phenomenon of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) of 87Rb vapor with a buffer gas in a magnetic field at room temperature. It is found that the spectral lines caused by the velocity selective optical pump effects get much weaker and wider when the sample cell is mixed with a 5-Torr N2 gas while the EIT signal is kept almost unchanged. A weighted least-square fit is also developed to remove the Doppler broadening completely. This spectral method provides a way to measure the Zeeman splitting with high resolution, for example, the Λ-type EIT resonance splits into four peaks on the D2 line of 87Rb in the thermal 2-cm vapor cell with a magnetic field along the electric field of the linearly polarized coupling laser. The high-resolution spectrum can be used to lock the laser to a given frequency by tuning the magnetic field.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the atomic dynamics and the optical response of the medium to a continuous-wave laser and show how coherently prepared media can be used to improve frequency conversion in nonlinear optical mixing experiments.
Abstract: Coherent preparation by laser light of quantum states of atoms and molecules can lead to quantum interference in the amplitudes of optical transitions. In this way the optical properties of a medium can be dramatically modified, leading to electromagnetically induced transparency and related effects, which have placed gas-phase systems at the center of recent advances in the development of media with radically new optical properties. This article reviews these advances and the new possibilities they offer for nonlinear optics and quantum information science. As a basis for the theory of electromagnetically induced transparency the authors consider the atomic dynamics and the optical response of the medium to a continuous-wave laser. They then discuss pulse propagation and the adiabatic evolution of field-coupled states and show how coherently prepared media can be used to improve frequency conversion in nonlinear optical mixing experiments. The extension of these concepts to very weak optical fields in the few-photon limit is then examined. The review concludes with a discussion of future prospects and potential new applications.
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TL;DR: Theoretical and experimental work on radio-frequency (Paul) traps is reviewed in this paper, with a focus on ions trapped in radiofrequency traps, which are ideal for quantum-optical and quantum-dynamical studies under well controlled conditions.
Abstract: Single trapped ions represent elementary quantum systems that are well isolated from the environment. They can be brought nearly to rest by laser cooling, and both their internal electronic states and external motion can be coupled to and manipulated by light fields. This makes them ideally suited for quantum-optical and quantum-dynamical studies under well-controlled conditions. Theoretical and experimental work on these topics is reviewed in the paper, with a focus on ions trapped in radio-frequency (Paul) traps.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the first demonstration of a technique by which an optically thick medium may be rendered transparent by applying a temporally smooth coupling laser between a bound state of an atom and the upper state of the transition which is to be made transparent.
Abstract: We report the first demonstration of a technique by which an optically thick medium may be rendered transparent. The transparency results from a destructive interference of two dressed states which are created by applying a temporally smooth coupling laser between a bound state of an atom and the upper state of the transition which is to be made transparent. The transmittance of an autoionizing (ultraviolet) transition in Sr is changed from exp(-20) without a coupling laser present to exp(-1) in the presence of a coupling laser.
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12 May 1991TL;DR: The first demonstration of a technique by which an optically thick medium may be rendered transparent is reported, which results from a destructive interference of two dressed states created by applying a temporally smooth coupling laser between a bound state of an atom and the upper state of the transition which is to be made transparent.
Abstract: We report the results of an experiment showing how an opaque atomic transition in neutral Strontium may be rendered transparent to radiation at its resonance frequency. This is accomplished by applying an electromagnetic coupling field (Fig. 1) between the upper state 4d5d1D2 of the transition and another state 4d5p1D2; of the atom. When the Rabi frequency of the coupling field exceeds the inhomogeneous width of the 5s5p1P1–4d5d1D2; transition, the medium becomes transparent on line center.
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