Journal of Modern Optics

Frequency chirp effects in electromagnetically induced transparency

Jon P. Davis, Frank A. Narducci

Published Oct 25, 2006• 2 citations

Abstract

We consider the effects of the time-dependence of the frequency of a probe field in a three-level system when the probe field is scanned in frequency. We find that, under conditions of weak coupling and probe fields, the resonance can show ringing when the scan rate is greater than the ground state recovery time.

DOI: 10.1080/09500340600893776

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