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Coherent population trapping in a dressed two-level atom via a bichromatic field

Optics 2008-11-20 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We show theoretically that by applying a bichromatic electromagnetic field, the dressed states of a monochromatically driven two-level atom can be pumped into a coherent superposition termed as dressed-state coherent population trapping. Such effect can be viewed as a new doorknob to manipulate a two-level system via its control over dressed-state populations. Application of this effect in the precision measurement of Rabi frequency, the unexpected population inversion and lasing without inversion are discussed to demonstrate such controllability.

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@article{arxiv.0808.1938,
  title  = {Coherent population trapping in a dressed two-level atom via a bichromatic field},
  author = {Peng Li and Qun Zhang and Xi-Jing Ning and J. Q. You},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.1938},
  year   = {2008}
}

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14 pages, 6 figures

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