耦合场线宽：抑制电磁诱导吸收

原子相干对吸收的相长干涉导致电磁诱导吸收，这是一类新的相干效应. 以三个电偶极跃迁构成N型链，中间跃迁作为探测跃迁的四能级系统为例，揭示耦合场线宽抑制电磁诱导吸收的强度. 这并非与电磁诱导透明系统中耦合场线宽产生或者增强吸收的情形相矛盾，线宽仍然是抑制系统的相干性. 关键词： 电磁诱导吸收 耦合场线宽 原子相干 退相干     

耦合场线宽和强度对双简并四能级系统的吸收和衍射效率的影响

采用密度矩阵方程,分别在引入耦合场线宽和强度、探测场频率变化以及耦合场频率与探测场频率之比变化的条件下,数值计算了双简并四能级原子系统中介质对探测场的吸收(增益)和相位光栅衍射效率的影响。结果表明:耦合场线宽的增大削弱了简并四能级原子相干;不考虑耦合场线宽(R=0)时的增益和衍射效率比考虑耦合场线宽(R≠0)时的大,在耦合光频率与探测光频率之比为ΩcΩp≈400时衍射效率最大可达到35%。     

自发产生相干对探测场的色散和吸收影响

在Y形四能级原子系统中,分析了自发产生相干对探测场的色散和吸收影响. 结果发现,随着自发产生相干的增强,系统呈现的电磁感应透明窗口逐渐变窄,并在共振处出现反常色散,吸收从负值变为正值. 同时,当抽运场和耦合场的相对强度不同时,共振处附近吸收为零或出现增益,而两场强相等或接近时,系统对探测场表现为吸收. 关键词： 非线性光学 电磁感应透明 自发产生相干     

利用微波场抑制电磁感应透明的功率展宽

电磁感应透明的重要参量之一是透明窗口的光谱线宽。在Λ-型三能级原子系统中,电磁感应透明的光谱线宽由两低能级间的相干失相速率决定,若两低能级同属于原子基态的精细结构,则电磁感应透明窗口的极限线宽很窄。但较强的耦合场作用往往会导致电磁感应透明窗口的功率展宽,而减弱耦合场又会影响电磁感应透明的对比度和深度。为此,通过引入微波控制场共振作用于基态精细能级间构成三场作用下的准Λ-型四能级系统,利用微波控制场来抑制耦合场所引起的电磁感应透明窗口的功率展宽。结果表明,引入微波控制场不仅得到了双窗口电磁感应透明,而且在保持较好对比度的条件下,使得电磁感应透明的光谱线宽明显小于不加微波场的情况。     

激光场线宽对电磁诱导吸收效应的影响

采用密度矩阵方程,在引入激光场线宽的条件下,计算了三个电偶极跃迁构成N型四能级系统中介质对探测场的吸收,从而研究激光场线宽对电磁诱导吸收效应的影响.结果表明:随着激光场线宽增大,原子相干将会减弱,从而抑制电磁诱导吸收.     

自发产生相干对Y型四能级原子系统探测吸收的影响

在与三个场相互作用的Y型四能级原子系统中,利用密度矩阵方程计算了介质对探测场的吸收,分析了自发产生相干对探测吸收的影响.结果发现:随着自发产生相干的影响,在共振中心处,探测吸收表现出不同的现象.当自发产生相干对探测吸收产生相消干涉时,随着自发产生相干的增强,在共振中心处削弱吸收,出现增益.当自发产生相干对探测吸收产生相长干涉时,随着自发产生相干的增强,在共振中心处出现吸收增强,也即出现电磁诱导吸收(electromagnetically induced absorption,简称EIA),在共振两侧的双电磁感应透明强度(electromagnetically induced transparency,简称EIT)增强,窗口变宽.同时,在能级| 3〉→| 2〉与| 4〉→| 2〉的自发衰减速率比值不变下,当能级|3〉→|2〉与|4〉→|2〉的自发衰减速率减小时,在共振中心处,吸收线宽变窄,共振两侧的透明窗口变宽.     

四能级系统中的原子相干效应

讨论了N型四能级原子系统中的原子相干效应，与三能级原子系统相比，其原子相干效应既可导致电磁感应透明(EIT，Electromagnetically Induced Transparency)的产生，也可产生电磁感应吸收(EIA，Electromagnetically Induced Absorption)现象，取决于控制光的强度和第四个能级的衰变率的大小。     

EIT介质中光场噪声特性研究

在原子相干效应条件下，场与原子之间的相干耦合过程不仅导致原子能态发生相干叠加，同时也会使与之作用场的光场特性发生变化。我们对电磁感应透明（EIT）介质中量子化光场的噪声谱特性进行了研究，实验和理论结果均表明，在光场与原子发生相干作用过程中，由于EIT过程的吸收减小，色散增强效应，导致作用场的位相噪声被转化为输出场的强度噪声，因而使输出场的强度噪声由三部分所决定，输入光场的强度噪声、位相噪声以及由原子而引入的额外噪声。并分析了噪声随探测光失谐、分析频率等的变化关系以及总噪声谱不对称的原因，实验与理论结果定性吻合。     

四能级原子系统中的电磁诱导吸收

以三个电偶极跃迁(中间跃迁作为探测跃迁、两边分别是耦合跃迁和控制跃迁)构成N型四能级系统为例，研究介质对探测光的吸收.揭示了在N型四能级系统中，既可产生电磁诱导吸收又可产生电磁诱导透明.这不仅取决于非相干转移率的大小，而且还取决于耦合场、控制场的强度和第四个简并能级的衰减速率大小. 关键词： 电磁诱导吸收 电磁诱导透明 原子相干的自发转移 能级的衰减速率     

基于量子相干控制吸收的准Λ型四能级原子局域化研究

提出了一种基于量子相干控制吸收的对准Λ型四能级原子进行二维局域化方案. 利用密度矩阵微扰理论, 得到了确定原子空间位置信息的筛选函数解析表达式. 在缀饰态表象中, 分析了在相干控制场作用下原子初始状态对原子局域的影响. 数值模拟了控制场参量对原子局域化结果的影响. 研究发现原子局域化结果与初始时刻在控制场作用下原子在下能态的布局、下能级间产生的极化密切相关; 不管探测场与耦合场是否满足电磁感应透明配置条件, 通过改变控制场中的行波场的振幅和探测场的失谐量, 均可实现高精度原子局域化, 在亚波长范围内测量到原子的概率达到100%.     

Ultranarrow absorptive spectral line induced by microwave field

This paper investigates the absorptive spectral lines of four-level atomic system driven by a coupling, probe and microwave fields. Due to the perturbation of the microwave field, the original electromagnetically induced transparency is changed to electromagnetically induced absorption and the absorptive spectral line can be very narrow. This ultranarrow spectral line has potential applications to the microwave atomic frequency standard and the measurement of very weak magnetic field.     

Absorption-Dispersion Properties in a Four-Level Atomic System with Vacuum-Induced Coherence

We discuss and analyze absorption-dispersion response for the probe field in a typical four-level atomic system with vacuum-induced coherence (VIC) arising from the cross coupling pathways associated with a pair of upper excited hyperfine levels. We find that VIC effect can preserve electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) by using the detailed numerical simulations based on the density-matrix equations and analytical calculations in the dressed-state picture. We also show that the atomic hyperfine structure cannot be a hindrance to obtaining EIT.     

Absorption-Dispersion Properties in a Four-Level Atomic System with Vacuum-Induced Coherence

We discuss and analyze absorption-dispersion response for the probe field in a typical four-level atomic system with vacuum-induced coherence (VIC) arising from the cross coupling pathways associated with a pair of upper excited hyperfine levels. We find that VIC effect can preserve electromagnetically induced transparency (FIT) by using the detailed numerical simulations based on the density-matrix equations and analytical calculations in the dressed-state picture. We also show that the atomic hyperfine structure cannot be a hindrance to obtaining EIT.     

The effect of Doppler broadening on dispersive and absorptive properties in atomic systems with two-photon interference

The effect of Doppler broadening on dispersive and absorptive properties is theoretically investigated in the hot four-level electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) atomic systems with two different types of two-photon interference. It is found that the dispersive behavior for the probe in the ladder-type atomic system with two-photon constructive interference will be changed from anomalous in cold atoms to normal in hot atoms, and the three-peak absorptive profile is shifted to a broadened spectrum with a shallow dip at the line center; as a comparison, there is always normal dispersion at the line center for the invert-Y-type atomic system with two-photon destructive interference, but the EIT window in the absorptive profile will be narrowed to subnatural linewidth (0.01Γ) at room temperature. The physics of those two different behaviors are discussed and compared in the dressed-state theory.     

Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in a Four-Level Atomic System

In this paper, we analyze and discuss the absorption properties of the probe beam in a four-level atomic system with a nearly hyper-fine doublet structure of two higher-lying excited levels based on electromagnetieally induced transparency (EIT) for the two cases of transient process and steady-state process. The main gain of this work is to investigate theoretically the influence of the nearly hyper-fine levels on the probe absorption. For the transient process, using the numerical calculations by a simple Mathematica code we find that the magnitude of the probe absorption at the line center is small compared to the typical three-level atomic system in the context of electromagnetieally induced transparency. For the case of the steady state, our results show that the probe absorption can be completely eliminated at the line center of the probe transition just as the usual three-level EIT scheme.     

Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in a Four-Level Atomic System

In this paper, we analyze and discuss the absorption properties of the probe beam in a four-level atomic system with a nearly hyper-fine doublet structure of two higher-lying excited levels based on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) for the two cases of transient process and steady-state process. The main gain of this work is to investigate theoretically the influence of the nearly hyper-fine levels on the probe absorption. For the transient process,using the numerical calculations by a simple Mathematica code we find that the magnitude of the probe absorption at the line center is small compared to the typical three-level atomic system in the context of electromagnetically induced transparency. For the case of the steady state, our results show that the probe absorption can be completely eliminated at the line center of the probe transition just as the usual three-level EIT scheme.     

Opening four-wave mixing and six-wave mixing channels via dual electromagnetically induced transparency windows

Highly efficient four-wave mixing (FWM) and six-wave mixing (SWM) processes can coexist in a four-level Y-type atomic system due to atomic coherence. The simultaneously opened dual electromagnetically induced transparency windows in this four-level atomic system allow observation of these two nonlinear optical processes at the same time, which enables detailed studies of the interplay between the FWM and SWM processes. Three-photon and five-photon destructive interferences are also observed.     

相干驱动场的线宽对电磁感应透明的影响

考虑相干驱动场的线宽，探讨了其对双激发态原子三能级系统中的电磁感应透明现象的影响，得到结论：相干驱动场的线宽抑制了介质对弱探测光的透明。