PHOTON-ECHO INTERFEROMETRY TO MEASURE COLLISION-INDUCED OPTICAL-PHASE SHIFTS

被引:5
作者
BACON, AM [1 ]
ZHAO, HZ [1 ]
LAVERTY, PJ [1 ]
WANG, LJ [1 ]
THOMAS, JE [1 ]
机构
[1] SPARTA SYST INC, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35805 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1994年 / 49卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.49.379
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a technique of photon-echo interferometry which provides extraordinary sensitivity for the measurement of the relative phase in the coherences for pairs of optical transitions. The method is applied to study collision-induced optical-coherence transfer between adjacent transitions in atomic samarium vapor.
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页码:379 / 396
页数:18
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