Electromagnetically induced absorption in a nondegenerate three-level ladder system

Whiting, D.J.; Bimbard, E.; Keaveney, J.; Zentile, M.A.; Adams, C.S.; Hughes, I.G.

doi:10.1364/ol.40.004289

Electromagnetically induced absorption in a nondegenerate three-level ladder system

Whiting, D.J.; Bimbard, E.; Keaveney, J.; Zentile, M.A.; Adams, C.S.; Hughes, I.G.

Authors

D.J. Whiting

E. Bimbard

J. Keaveney

M.A. Zentile

C.S. Adams

Professor Ifan Hughes i.g.hughes@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

We investigate, theoretically and experimentally, the transmission of light through a thermal vapor of three-level ladder-type atoms, in the presence of two counterpropagating control fields. A simple theoretical model predicts the presence of electromagnetically induced absorption in this pure three-level system when the control field is resonant. Experimentally, we use Rb87Rb87 in a large magnetic field of 0.62 T to reach the hyperfine Paschen–Back regime and realize a nondegenerate three-level system. Experimental observations verify the predictions over a wide range of detunings.

Citation

Whiting, D., Bimbard, E., Keaveney, J., Zentile, M., Adams, C., & Hughes, I. (2015). Electromagnetically induced absorption in a nondegenerate three-level ladder system. Optics Letters, 40(18), 4289-4292. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.40.004289

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 21, 2015
Online Publication Date	Sep 11, 2015
Publication Date	Sep 15, 2015
Deposit Date	Jul 20, 2015
Publicly Available Date	May 24, 2017
Journal	Optics Letters
Print ISSN	0146-9592
Electronic ISSN	1539-4794
Publisher	Optica
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	40
Issue	18
Pages	4289-4292
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.40.004289
Related Public URLs	http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.03699

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