Magnetic grating echo from room temperature Rb atoms

A. Kumarakrishnan, S. B. Cahn, U. Shim, T. Sleator

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    Abstract

    The authors have initiated a new class of coherent transient experiments with Doppler-broadened atoms confined in a vapor cell following proposals in recently published work. A spatially modulated coherence is created between magnetic sublevels of the F = 3 ground state of 85Rb by a 'standing wave' pulse. This pulse consists of two opposite circularly polarized traveling waves with wave vectors K1 and K2 at a small angle. The coherence grating is probed by the application of a 'readout' pulse along K2. The resulting coherent emission along K1 is detected by a heterodyne technique.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages18
    Number of pages1
    StatePublished - 1996
    EventProceedings of the 1996 6th Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS - Anaheim, CA, USA
    Duration: Jun 2 1996Jun 7 1996

    Other

    OtherProceedings of the 1996 6th Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS
    CityAnaheim, CA, USA
    Period6/2/966/7/96

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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