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Inhibition of electromagnetically induced absorption due to excited-state decoherence in Rb vapor

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Instituto de Fisica, Facultad de Ingenieria, Casilla de Correo 30, 11000, Montevideo (Uruguay)
The explanation presented by Taichenachev et al. [Phys. Rev. A 61, 011802 (2000)] according to which the electromagnetically induced absorption (EIA) resonances observed in degenerate two-level systems are due to coherence transfer from the excited to the ground state is experimentally tested in a Hanle-type experiment observing the parametric resonance on the D1 line of {sup 87}Rb. While EIA occurs in the F=1{yields}F{sup '}=2 transition in a cell containing only Rb vapor, collisions with a buffer gas (30 torr of Ne) cause the sign reversal of this resonance as a consequence of collisional decoherence of the excited state. A theoretical model in good qualitative agreement with the experimental results is presented.
OSTI ID:
20634028
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 67; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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