High-contrast dark resonances with linearly polarized light on the D1 line of alkali atoms with large nuclear spin

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作者
Watabe, Ken-ichi [1 ]
Ikegami, Takeshi [1 ]
Takamizawa, Akifumi [1 ]
Yanagimachi, Shinya [1 ]
Ohshima, Shin-ichi [1 ]
Knappe, Svenja [2 ]
机构
[1] Adv Ind Sci & Technol, NMIJ, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058563, Japan
[2] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Boulder, CO 80305 USA
关键词
POPULATION TRAPPING RESONANCES; VAPOR; RB-87;
D O I
10.1364/AO.48.001098
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
High-contrast coherent population trapping signals were observed on the Cs D-1 line by use of a bichromatic linear polarized light (lin vertical bar vertical bar lin field). A maximum absorption contrast of about 10% was obtained. This was nearly twice as high as that measured with the standard configuration of bichromatic circularly polarized light (sigma - sigma field). The results are compared with density matrix calculations of 4 and 5 level systems. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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页码:1098 / 1103
页数:6
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