arXiv:1401.2098 · Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Triplet absorption spectroscopy and electromagnetically induced transparency

Fazal Ghafoor, R. G. Nazmitdinov

Published Aug 15, 2016• 11 citations

Abstract

Abstract Coherence phenomena in a four-level atomic system, cyclically driven by three coherent fields, are investigated thoroughly at zero and weak magnetic fields. Each strongly interacting atomic state is converted to a triplet due to a dynamical Stark effect. Two dark lines with a Fano-like profile arise in the triplet absorption spectrum with anomalous dispersions. We provide conditions to control the widths of the transparency windows by means of the relative phase of the driving fields and the intensity of the microwave field, which closes the optical system loop. The effect of Doppler broadening on the results of the triplet absorption spectroscopy is analysed in detail.

DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/49/17/175502

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