ATOMIC COHERENCE EFFECTS WITHIN THE SODIUM D(1) MANIFOLD .1. CREATIONOF COHERENCE AND DRESSED STATE ANALYSIS

Authors
MEYER GM RATHE UW GRAF M ZHU SY FRY ES SCULLY MO HERLING GH NARDUCCI LM
Citation
Gm. Meyer et al., ATOMIC COHERENCE EFFECTS WITHIN THE SODIUM D(1) MANIFOLD .1. CREATIONOF COHERENCE AND DRESSED STATE ANALYSIS, Quantum optics, 6(4), 1994, pp. 231-243
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
Quantum optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09548998
Volume
6
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
231 - 243
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-8998(1994)6:4<231:ACEWTS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The connection and similarity between two different models for lasing without inversion are studied, and various dressed state pictures enli ghten its physical origin. Recent experiments on coherence effects in sodium are reviewed. The existence of atomic coherence in these experi ments is critically examined. It is found that the hyperfine structure and the coupling coefficients within the sodium D1 manifold are of cr ucial importance.