Observation of atomic localization using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency
Atomic Physics
2015-05-20 v1 Optics
Abstract
We present a proof-of-principle experiment in which the population of an atomic level is spatially localized using the technique of electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT). The key idea is to utilize the sensitive dependence of the dark state of EIT on the intensity of the coupling laser beam. By using a sinusoidal intensity variation (standing-wave), we demonstrate that the population of a specific hyperfine level can be localized much tighter than the spatial period.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1011.2754,
title = {Observation of atomic localization using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency},
author = {N. A. Proite and Z. J. Simmons and D. D. Yavuz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.2754},
year = {2015}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures