Electromagnetically induced absorption in a nondegenerate three-level ladder system

Whiting, D.J.; Bimbard, E.; Keaveney, J.; Zentile, M.A.; Adams, C.S.; Hughes, I.G.

Abstract

We investigate, theoretically and experimentally, the transmission of light through a thermal vapor of three-level ladder-type atoms, in the presence of two counterpropagating control fields. A simple theoretical model predicts the presence of electromagnetically induced absorption in this pure three-level system when the control field is resonant. Experimentally, we use Rb87Rb87 in a large magnetic field of 0.62 T to reach the hyperfine Paschen–Back regime and realize a nondegenerate three-level system. Experimental observations verify the predictions over a wide range of detunings.

Citation

Whiting, D., Bimbard, E., Keaveney, J., Zentile, M., Adams, C., & Hughes, I. (2015). Electromagnetically induced absorption in a nondegenerate three-level ladder system. Optics Letters, 40(18), 4289-4292. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.40.004289

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 21, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Sep 11, 2015
• Publication Date: Sep 15, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jul 20, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: May 24, 2017
• Journal: Optics Letters
• Print ISSN: 0146-9592
• Electronic ISSN: 1539-4794
• Publisher: Optica
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 18
• Pages: 4289-4292
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.40.004289
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1404865
• Related Public URLs: http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.03699