Acta Sinica Quantum Optica
Control of Spontaneous Emission of a Four-level Atom by a Microwave Field with Lower Frequency
Nian-Hua Liu
Abstract
We investigate theoretically the features of the spontaneous emission spectrum of a four-level atomic system driven by a coherent probe field,a coupling laser field and a microwave field.The two upper levels are coupled by a microwave field with lower frequency.The time evolution of the populations is calculated.It is shown that the spectra behavior,such as spectral-line narrowing,spectral-line enhancement,spectral-line suppression,and total cancellation of fluorescence quenching,can be easily controlled by changing the phase and the amplitude of the microwave field.