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Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Electromagnetically induced grating in a three-level Ξ-type system driven by a strong standing wave pump and weak probe fields

Bibhas Kumar Dutta, P.K. Mahapatra

Published Feb 15, 2006• 104 citations
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Abstract

We have analysed the properties of an electromagnetically induced grating formed in a Ξ-type three-level atomic system in the presence of a standing wave pump and travelling wave probe fields at resonant and off-resonant two-photon absorption. We have also shown the validity of this grating in an inhomogeneously broadened regime.
DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/39/5/013

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