Narrowing of resonances in electromagnetically induced transparency and absorption using a Laguerre-Gaussian control beam

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Chanu, Sapam Ranjita¹  Natarajan, Vasant¹ 

[1] Indian Inst Sci, Dept Phys, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India

关键词: Electromagnetically induced transparency;    Electromagnetically induced absorption;    Laguerre-Gaussian beam;    Coherent control;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.optcom.2013.01.042

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

We study the phenomenon of electromagnetically induced transparency and absorption (EITA) using a control laser with a Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) profile instead of the usual Gaussian profile, and observe significant narrowing of the resonance widths. Aligning the probe beam to the central hole in the doughnut-shaped LG control beam allows simultaneously a strong control intensity required for high signal-to-noise ratio and a low intensity in the probe region required to get narrow resonances. Experiments with an expanded Gaussian control and a second-order LG control show that transit time and orbital angular momentum do not play a significant role. This explanation is borne out by a density-matrix analysis with a radially varying control Rabi frequency. We observe these resonances using degenerate two-level transitions in the D-2 line of Rb-87 in a room temperature vapor cell, and an EIA resonance with width up to 20 times below the natural linewidth for the F = 2 -> F' = 3 transition. Thus the use of LG beams should prove advantageous in all applications of EITA and other kinds of pump-probe spectroscopy as well. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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