ATOMIC COHERENCE EFFECTS WITHIN THE SODIUM D(1) MANIFOLD .2. COHERENTOPTICAL-PUMPING

Authors
NIKONOV DE RATHE UW SCULLY MO ZHU SY FRY ES LI XF PADMABANDU GG FLEISCHHAUER M
Citation
De. Nikonov et al., ATOMIC COHERENCE EFFECTS WITHIN THE SODIUM D(1) MANIFOLD .2. COHERENTOPTICAL-PUMPING, Quantum optics, 6(4), 1994, pp. 245-260
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
245 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-8998(1994)6:4<245:ACEWTS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We consider optical pumping in the multilevel sodium D1 manifold by se veral coherent light fields. Coherence between atomic states is taken into account by solving the complete density matrix equations. The man ifestation of population trapping and the variation of transmitted lig ht intensity are predicted numerically and verified experimentally for the sodium D1 line. The influence of relaxation and Doppler broadenin g is elucidated. The interaction of a strong and a weak field is shown to create electromagnetically induced transparency.