Acta Sinica Quantum Optica
Influence of Coupling-Field Linewidth and Intensity on Absorption and Diffraction efficiency in a Doubly Degenerate Four-Level System
Yu Liu
Abstract
Using density matrix equation,influence of the absorption(gain)of the probing field and diffraction efficiency of phase grating in a doubly degenerate four-level atomic system was calculated,under introducing laser field linewidth and intensities,and the variance of the probing field frequency and the variance of the ratio of coupling and probing field intensities,respectively.The results indicated that the increases of coupling field linewidth abates the atomic coherence in four-level system.When without considering(R=0)the coupling field linewidth,the gain and diffraction efficiency are larger than them when considering(R≠0)the coupling field linewidth.We found that the first-order diffraction efficiency of phase grating can reach up to 35%,when variance of the ratio of coupling and probing field intensitiesΩc/Ωp≈400.