AC STARK SPLITTING IN DOUBLE OPTICAL RESONANCE AND RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE BY A NONMONOCHROMATIC CHAOTIC FIELD

A detailed theoretical analysis of ac Stark splitting in double optical resonance and resonance fluorescence by a nonmonochromatic complex chaotic field is presented. It is shown that a one-photon transition undergoes Stark splitting, which is strongly affected by the intensity fluctuations of the chaotic light. On resonance, the lines in the doublet structure of double optical resonance and the sidebands of the triplet structure in resonance fluorescence are broadened by the intensity fluctuations and tend to copy the Rayleigh distribution of the field amplitude. Off resonance, the asymmetry of the doublet in double optical resonance is reversed and a sideband asymmetry appears in resonance fluorescence for finite bandwidth of the incident light. While on resonance the splitting is always reduced, off resonance the intensity fluctuations may lead to an enhancement of the splitting in comparison to phase-diffusing light. © 1979 The American Physical Society.