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Chin. Phys. B, 2013, Vol. 22(1): 014205    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/1/014205
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Spectral properties of a Ξ-configuration atom driven by a pair of bichromatic fields

Jin Kang (金康)a b c, Xie Xiao-Tao (谢小涛)a b c, Jiang Zhen-Yi (姜振益)d
a Department of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China;
b National photoelectric technology and Functional Materials & Application of Science and Technology International Cooperation Base, Xi'an 710069, China;
c National Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials (Culture Base), Xi'an 710069, China;
d Institute of Modern Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
Abstract  The absorption spectrum and the incoherent fluorescence spectrum of the lower transition in an Ξ-configuration three-level atomic system driven by a pair of bichromatic fields are investigated. The transmission of absorption profile from multipeaked feature to a single-peak feature is identified. Adjusting the relative phase between the two driving fields, the splitting effects of the spectral peaks occur both in fluorescence and absorption spectra. Furthermore, phase modulating can dramatically lead to a great suppression of the amplitudes of the whole absorption spectrum. Physically, this effect is attributed to the phase-sensitive nature of the populations and coherence between atomic states of the system.
Keywords:  bichromatic field      phase modulating      degradation of absorption      splitting effect  
Received:  31 March 2012      Revised:  27 July 2012      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  42.50.Gy (Effects of atomic coherence on propagation, absorption, and Amplification of light; electromagnetically induced transparency and Absorption)  
  42.50.-p (Quantum optics)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61008016, 10647008, and 50971099), the Natural Science Basis Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (Grant No. 2010JQ1002), the Education Department of Shaanxi Province, China (Grant Nos. 09JK752 and 11JK0550), and the Doctoral Program Foundation of Institutions of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20106101120020).
Corresponding Authors:  Jin Kang     E-mail:  jinkang@nwu.edu.cn

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Jin Kang (金康), Xie Xiao-Tao (谢小涛), Jiang Zhen-Yi (姜振益) Spectral properties of a Ξ-configuration atom driven by a pair of bichromatic fields 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 014205

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