Electromagnetically induced absorption due to transfer of coherence and to transfer of population

C. Goren, A. D. Wilson-Gordon, M. Rosenbluh, and H. Friedmann
Phys. Rev. A 67, 033807 – Published 21 March 2003
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Abstract

The absorption spectrum of a weak probe, interacting with a driven degenerate two-level atomic system, whose ground and excited hyperfine states are Fg,e, can exhibit narrow peaks at line center. When the pump and probe polarizations are different, Fe=Fg+1 and Fg>0, the electromagnetically induced absorption (EIA) peak has been shown to be due to the transfer of coherence (TOC) between the excited and ground states via spontaneous decay. We give a detailed explanation of why the TOC that leads to EIA (EIA-TOC) can only take place when ground-state population trapping does not occur, that is, when Fe=Fg+1. We also explain why EIA-TOC is observed in open systems. We show that EIA can also occur when the pump and probe polarizations are identical and Fe=Fg+1. This EIA is analogous to an effect that occurs in simple two-level systems when the collisional transfer of population (TOP) from the ground state to a reservoir is greater than that from the excited state. For a degenerate two-level system, the reservoir consists of the Zeeman sublevels of the ground hyperfine state, and of other nearby hyperfine states that do not interact with the pump. We will also discuss the four-wave mixing spectrum under the conditions where EIA-TOC and EIA-TOP occur.

  • Received 30 October 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.033807

©2003 American Physical Society

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C. Goren1, A. D. Wilson-Gordon2, M. Rosenbluh1, and H. Friedmann2

  • 1Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
  • 2Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel

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Vol. 67, Iss. 3 — March 2003

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