QUANTUM INTERFERENCE IN THE SPECTRUM OF A DRIVEN ATOM - EFFECTS OF PUMPING AND PHASE FLUCTUATIONS

The quantum interference in the spontaneous-emission spectrum of a dri ven atom, when the upper level of the atomic transition is coupled to a third level via a classical driving field, results in a dark line in the absence of the atomic decays. The existence of the dark line is i ndependent of the Rabi frequency associated with the driving field. Th ere is no such dark line in the spontaneous-emission spectrum when, in stead of the upper level, the lower level is coupled to a third level via a driving field. In this paper, we include the level decays, incoh erent pumping, and the finite bandwidth of the driving field in our an alysis and study their sole in the spontaneous-emission spectrum in th e two configurations.