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Chinese Physics Letters

Radio-Frequency Field-Induced Quantum Interference Effects in Cold Atoms

Long Quan, Shuyu Zhou, Zhou Shan-Yu, Yuzhu Wang

Published Oct 10, 2001• 5 citations
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Abstract

We propose constructing a quantum interference configuration for cold atoms in a magneto-optical trap by applying a radio frequency field, which coherently couples adjacent Zeeman sublevels, in combination with a repumping laser field. One effect of this interference is that a dip exists in the absorption of the repumping light when the radio frequency is scanned. Our prediction has been indirectly detected through the fluorescence of cold atoms in a preliminary experiment.

DOI
10.1088/0256-307x/18/11/314

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