Decoherence of electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic vapor Export

@article{citeulike:5976069, abstract = {We report characterization of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) resonances in the D1 line of 87Rb under various experimental conditions. The dependence of the EIT linewidth on the power of the pump field was investigated at various temperatures for the ground states of the lambda system associated with different hyperfine levels of the atomic 5S1/2 state as well as magnetic sublevels of the same hyperfine level. Strictly linear behavior was observed in all cases. A theoretical analysis of our results shows that dephasing in the ground state is the main source of decoherence, with population exchange playing a minor role.}, author = {Figueroa, E. and Vewinger, F. and Appel, J. and Lvovsky, A. I.}, citeulike-article-id = {5976069}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.002625}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=96936}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1364/OL.31.002625}, journal = {Opt. Lett.}, keywords = {eit}, month = {September}, number = {17}, pages = {2625--2627}, posted-at = {2009-10-20 19:37:49}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Decoherence of electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic vapor}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.002625}, volume = {31}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5976069 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5976069 N2 - We report characterization of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) resonances in the D1 line of 87Rb under various experimental conditions. The dependence of the EIT linewidth on the power of the pump field was investigated at various temperatures for the ground states of the lambda system associated with different hyperfine levels of the atomic 5S1/2 state as well as magnetic sublevels of the same hyperfine level. Strictly linear behavior was observed in all cases. A theoretical analysis of our results shows that dephasing in the ground state is the main source of decoherence, with population exchange playing a minor role. IS - 17 JF - Opt. Lett. EP - 2627 TI - Decoherence of electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic vapor PB - OSA VL - 31 SP - 2625 KW - eit AU - Figueroa, E AU - Vewinger, F AU - Appel, J AU - Lvovsky, AI PY - 2006/09/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.002625 ER -