8 research outputs found
Features of Magneto-Optical Resonances in an Elliptically Polarized Traveling Light Wave
The parameters of nonlinear absorption magneto-optical resonances in the
Hanle configuration have been studied as functions of the ellipticity of a
traveling light wave. It has been found that these parameters (amplitude,
width, and amplitude-to-width ratio) depend strongly on the polarization of the
light wave. In particular, the resonance amplitude can increase by more than an
order of magnitude when the polarization changes from linear to optimal
elliptic. It has been shown that this effect is associated with the Doppler
frequency shift for atoms in a gas. The theoretical results have been
corroborated in experiments in Rb vapor.Comment: 5 page
Coherent population trapping in quantized light field
A full quantum treatment of coherent population trapping (CPT) is given for a
system of resonantly coupled atoms and electromagnetic field. We develop a
regular analytical method of the construction of generalized dark states (GDS).
It turns out that GDS do exist for all optical transitions ,
including bright transitions and with a
half-integer, for which the CPT effect is absent in a classical field. We
propose an idea to use an optically thick medium with a transition
with a half-integer as a ''quantum filter'', which transmits only
a quantum light.Comment: revtex4, twocolumn, 6 pages, including 1 figur
Theory of dark resonances for alkali vapors in a buffer-gas cell
We develop an analytical theory of dark resonances that accounts for the full
atomic-level structure, as well as all field-induced effects such as coherence
preparation, optical pumping, ac Stark shifts, and power broadening. The
analysis uses a model based on relaxation constants that assumes the total
collisional depolarization of the excited state. A good qualitative agreement
with experiments for Cs in Ne is obtained.Comment: 16 pages; 7 figures; revtex4. Accepted for publication in PR
Elimination, reversal, and directional bias of optical diffraction
We experimentally demonstrate the manipulation of optical diffraction,
utilizing the atomic thermal motion in a hot vapor medium of
electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT). By properly tuning the EIT
parameters, the refraction induced by the atomic motion may completely
counterbalance the paraxial free-space diffraction and by that eliminates the
effect of diffraction for arbitrary images. By further manipulation, the
diffraction can be doubled, biased asymmetrically to induced deflection, or
even reversed. The latter allows an experimental implementation of an analogy
to a negative-index lens