Temporal coherent control of a sequential transition in rubidium atoms

Authors
Felinto, D Acioli, LH Vianna, SS
Citation
D. Felinto et al., Temporal coherent control of a sequential transition in rubidium atoms, OPTICS LETT, 25(12), 2000, pp. 917-919
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
917 - 919
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20000615)25:12<917:TCCOAS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
An experimental investigation of the coherent interaction of femtosecond pu lses with two resonant sequential transitions of Rb atoms is presented. Flu orescence from the atomic system exhibits beating at a frequency given by d ifference in the sequential atomic transitions. The results are interpreted in terms of quantum interference in the induced coherence and its interact ion with the field that results from a cooperative emission process. (C) 20 00 Optical Society of America. OCIS codes: 020.0020, 020.1070, 320.7110, 19 0.5530.