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Resonant and off-resonant transients in electromagnetically induced transparency: turn-on and turn-off dynamics

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

This paper presents a wide-ranging theoretical and experimental study of non-adiabatic transient phenomena in a Λ\Lambda EIT system when a strong coupling field is rapidly switched on or off. The theoretical treatment uses a Laplace transform approach to solve the time-dependent density matrix equation. The experiments are carried out in a Rb87^{87} MOT. The results show transient probe gain in parameter regions not previously studied, and provide insight into the transition dynamics between bare and dressed states.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0109090,
  title  = {Resonant and off-resonant transients in electromagnetically induced transparency: turn-on and turn-off dynamics},
  author = {Andrew D. Greentree and T. B. Smith and S. R. de Echaniz and A. V. Durrant and J. P. Marangos and D. M. Segal and J. A. Vaccaro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0109090},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

19 Pages, 9 Figures, 1 in colour. RevTex 4.0 Submitted to Physical Review A