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Coherent population trapping in a two-level atom excited by a resonant field under amplitude and phase modulation

N. V. Sushilov, V. V. Brunbender

Published Oct 21, 1998• 0 citations

Abstract

Recently, the existence of population-trapping states in a two-level system driven by a frequency-modulated field has been demonstrated. In this work we show such states can exist in a two-level atom driven by both an amplitude- and phase- modulated field.

DOI: 10.1117/12.328295

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