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Observation of interference fringes in Autler-Townes line shapes

Steven R. Wilkinson, Arlee V. Smith, Marlan O. Scully, Ed Fry

Published Jan 1, 1996• 5 citations

Abstract

We observe Ramsey fringes in the absorption line shape for a weak optical field probing the transition between an unperturbed quantum state and one that is dynamically Stark shifted by a strong pump field. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.53.126

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