Electromagnetically induced transparency in an open multilevel system

Electromagnetically induced transparency in a multilevel system is investigated in {sup 173}Yb. The level structure investigated is ''open'' in that the light that gives rise to the transparency also resonantly couples the atoms to excited states which do not exhibit electromagne...

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Published in:Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2011-08, Vol.84 (2), Article 023801
Main Authors: Li, Tian, Lu, Mei-Ju, Weinstein, Jonathan D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOMS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
EXCITED STATES
OPACITY
VISIBLE RADIATION
YTTERBIUM 173
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Summary:Electromagnetically induced transparency in a multilevel system is investigated in {sup 173}Yb. The level structure investigated is ''open'' in that the light that gives rise to the transparency also resonantly couples the atoms to excited states which do not exhibit electromagnetically induced transparency. The resulting reduction of transparency is investigated experimentally and theoretically. It is found that, while the transparency is poor in certain regimes, it can be made to perform arbitrarily well in the limit of a large intensity imbalance between the optical fields.
ISSN:1050-2947
1094-1622
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.023801