32 research outputs found
Quantum Memory for Photons in Case of Many Close Lying Exciton Resonances in Solids
The possibility of storage of quantum information with photons is studied in
the case of resonant transitions via many close lying exciton levels in a solid
with impurity Lambda-atoms. The upper levels of the impurity atom form resonant
Fano states, similar to the autoionization atomic states, due to the
configuration interaction with the continuum of the exciton band. In this case
slowing of light pulses is shown to be realistic, in the presence of the
control field, down to the group velocity much lower than that in vacuum. The
possibility of storage and reconstruction of a quantum pulse is studied in the
case of the instantaneous switching on/off of the control field. It is shown
that the signal quantum pulse cannot be stored undistorted for differing values
of Fano parameters and for non-zero two-photon detuning and decay rate between
the lower levels (decoherence). However, for small difference of the Fano
parameters and for small values of the two-photon detuning and the decoherence
there is no distortion in the case where the length of the pulse is much longer
than the linear absorption (amplification) length, so the shape and quantum
state of the light pulse can be restored.Comment: 15 pages, 3 figure
Pulse propagation, population transfer and light storage in five-level media
We consider adiabatic interaction of five-level atomic systems and their
media with four short laser pulses under the condition of all two-photon
detunings being zero. We derive analytical expressions for eigenvalues of the
system's Hamiltonian and determine conditions of adiabaticity for both the atom
and the medium. We analyse, in detail, the system's behaviour when the
eigenvalue with non-vanishing energy is realized. As distinct from the usual
dark state of a five-level system (corresponding to zero eigenvalue), which is
a superposition of three states, in our case the superposition of four states
does work. This seemingly unfavourable case is nevertheless demonstrated to
imitate completely a three-level system not only for a single atom but also in
the medium, since the propagation equations are also split into those for
three- and two-level media separately. We show that, under certain conditions,
all the coherent effects observed in three-level media, such as population
transfer, light slowing, light storage, and so on, may efficiently be realized
in five-level media. This has an important advantage that the light storage can
be performed twice in the same medium, i.e., the second pulse can be stored
without retrieving the first one, and then the two pulses can be retrieved in
any desired sequence
Implementation of a double-scanning technique for studies of the Hanle effect in Rubidium vapor
We have studied the resonance fluorescence of a room-temperature rubidium
vapor exited to the atomic 5P3/2 state (D2 line) by powerful single-frequency
cw laser radiation (1.25 W/cm^2) in the presence of a magnetic field. In these
studies, the slow, linear scanning of the laser frequency across the hyperfine
transitions of the D2 line is combined with a fast linear scanning of the
applied magnetic field, which allows us to record frequency-dependent Hanle
resonances from all the groups of hyperfine transitions including V- and Lambda
- type systems. Rate equations were used to simulate fluorescence signals for
85Rb due to circularly polarized exciting laser radiation with different mean
frequency values and laser intensity values. The simulation show a dependance
of the fluorescence on the magnetic field. The Doppler effect was taken into
account by averaging the calculated signals over different velocity groups.
Theoretical calculations give a width of the signal peak in good agreement with
experiment
Coherent control of interference processes in radiative decays
Possibility of coherent control of spontaneous emission from four- and five-level system
in the laser radiation field is studied. The four-level system consists of two levels
resonantly driven by laser radiation where either of levels may decay to a separate level.
For such a system, we show that the presence of the second decay channel may deteriorate
the destructive interference occurring in case of one decay channel because of
Autler-Townes effect. The five-level diagram represents two two-level resonantly driven
systems with the upper levels decaying to a common level. For this diagram, interference
between the two decay channels takes place and it is partially or completely destructive
or constructive depending on the initial conditions and on the mutual orientation of the
transition dipole moments. It is shown that population transfer takes place by the
same quantum vacuum via spontaneous emission. The populations are shown
to have damping oscillatory nature