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We demonstrate two techniques for studying the features of three-level systems driven by two lasers (called control and probe), when the transitions are Doppler broadened as in room-temperature vapor. For $\Lambda$-type systems, the probe…
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Attosecond four-wave mixing spectroscopy using an XUV pulse and two noncollinear near-infrared pulses is employed to measure Rydberg wavepacket dynamics resulting from extreme ultraviolet excitation of a 3s electron in atomic argon into a…
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We demonstrate measurement of quadratic AC Stark shifts between Zeeman sublevels in an $^{87}$Rb Bose--Einstein condensate using a multi-state atomic interferometer. The interferometer can detect a quadratic shift without being affected by…
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We present experimental observations of a non-resonant dynamic Stark shift in strongly coupled microcavity quantum well exciton-polaritons - a system which provides a rich variety of solid-state collective phenomena. The Stark effect is…
We investigate transient radiation processes in the non-linear superradiance (SR) regime of the Doppler broadened Maxwell-Bloch equations when the velocity distribution is of total bandwidth greatly exceeding that of the transient process…
We have demonstrated that near complete coherence can be achieved in a four level double lambda-like systems using a train of ultra-short optical pulses. The effect of the Doppler broadening has been analyzed and a scheme has been proposed…
In this article, we present a simulation study of the linear and nonlinear spectroscopy of dense atomic vapors. Motivated by recent experiments, we focus on double quantum spectroscopy which directly probes dipole-dipole interactions. By…
We report on time-resolved pulsed four-wave mixing (FWM) signals in a thermal Rubidium vapor involving a Rydberg state. We observe FWM signals with dephasing times up to 7 ns, strongly dependent on the excitation bandwidth to the Rydberg…
The ac Stark effect was used to induce resonant energy transfer between translationally cold Rydberg atoms. The Rb Rydberg atoms were obtained by laser excitation of cold atoms from a magneto-optical trap. Using two-photon microwave…