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Laser Physics

Atom localization via electromagnetically induced transparency

H. Tajalli, Mostafa Sahrai

Published Jan 1, 2004• 9 citations
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Abstract

We propose a simple scheme of atom localization based on probe absorption in which the atom interacts with a classical standing-wave field. By employing a three-level A system, it is shown that the position of an atom inside the standing-wave field depends on the detuning of the coupling field, detuning of the probe laser field, and the position-dependent Rabi frequency of the coupling field.

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We propose a scheme for localizing an atom in a four-level configuration inside a classical standing wave field, conditioned upon the measurement of frequency of a weak probe field. In the classical standing wave field, the interaction between the atom and the field is position dependent due to the Rabi-frequency of the driving field. Hence, as the absorption frequency of the probe field is measured the position of the atom inside the classical standing wave field will be determined. Localizing of the atom via the absorption spectrum occurs during its motion in the standing wave field. The investigation of the probe field absorption shows that the degree of localization depends on the interaction parameters such as detuning, and Rabi-frequency of the driving field.
We propose a scheme to localize a two-level atom inside a classical standing wave field conditioned upon the measurement of the frequency of a weak probe field at resonance excitation of a two-level atomic system. Inside the classical standing wave field, the interaction between the atom and the field is position-dependent due to the Rabi frequency of the driving field; hence, as the absorption frequency of the probe field is measured, the position of an atom inside the classical standing wave field will be determined. The effects of atomic parameters on atom localization are then discussed.
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Abstract A new scheme for three-dimensional (3D) atom localization is proposed, in which the atomic system is driven by three orthogonal standing-wave lasers. Because of the space-dependent atom–field interaction, the position probability distribution of the atom can be directly determined by measuring the probe absorption. It is found that, by properly varying the parameters of the system, the probability of finding the atom in 3D space can be almost 100%. Our scheme opens a promising way to achieve high-precision and high-efficiency 3D atom localization, which provides some potential applications in laser cooling or atom nano-lithography via atom localization.