Comment on “Interference-induced gain in the Autler-Townes doublet of a V-type atom in a cavity” and “Cavity implementation of quantum interference in a Λ-type atom”
R. Arun
In a couple of papers [Phys. Rev. A, 63, 033818 (2001); 63, 023810 (2001)], P. Zhou, S. Swain, and L. You studied the cavity-induced modifications to the Autler-Townes spectrum of three-level atoms due to the phenomenon of quantum interference. They demonstrated that probe gain can occur in either of the Autler-Townes doublet due to the cavity-induced interference among spontaneous decay channels. In this Comment, we show that this conclusion is incorrect and it contradicts the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions of the atomic system in steady state.
Physical Review A•Jun 9, 2006•0 citations