Electromagnetically induced transparency of laser-cooled rubidium atoms in three-level Lambda-type systems

被引:69
作者
Hopkins, SA [1 ]
Usadi, E [1 ]
Chen, HX [1 ]
Durrant, AV [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE, DEPT CHEM, CAMBRIDGE CB2 1EW, ENGLAND
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
electromagnetically induced transparency; magneto-optical trap;
D O I
10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00030-8
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We have observed electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in laser-cooled rubidium in a magneto-optical trap (MOT). Lambda-type configurations of hyperfine levels of the D2 line were studied, as well as a system utilising degenerate Zeeman sublevels of the ground state. V-type signals were also seen. The perturbing effects of the MOT were found to be small and the results agree well with standard EIT theory for homogeneously-broadened samples.
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页码:185 / 192
页数:8
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