EIT and diffusion of atomic coherence
Quantum Physics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We study experimentally the effect of diffusion of Rb atoms on Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) in a buffer gas vapor cell. In particular, we find that diffusion of atomic coherence in-and-out of the laser beam plays a crucial role in determining the EIT resonance lineshape and the stored light lifetime.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0505186,
title = {EIT and diffusion of atomic coherence},
author = {I. Novikova and Y. Xiao and D. F. Phillips and R. L. Walsworth},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0505186},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, 8 figures