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Quantum Interference Effects in Molecular Y- and Rhomb-Type Systems

H.-R. Xia, Cen-Yun Ye, Jian-We Xu, Liangen Ding

Published Jan 1, 1996• 0 citations
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Abstract

In this paper we report the first observation of molecular population trapping in four level systems. Constructive and destructive quantum interferences between two sum-frequncy two-photon transitions in Y- and rhomb-type four-level systems, respectively, im sodium molecules have been experimentally achieved by using only one laser source. Their energy level schemes are featured by the extremely near-resonant enhancement of the equal-frequency two-photon transitions, sharing both the initial and the intermediate levels for the Y-type, and sharing both the initial and the final levels for the rhomb-type systems. Their novel spectral effects are to show seriously restrained Doppler-free UV peak at the nominal location of the induced two-photon transition with visible fluorescence in rhomb-type schems, and to show a strong extra UV peak but null visible fluorescence in the middle between the two dipole allowed two-photon transitions.

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The resonance fluorescence from a four-level atom driven by two coherent fields is studied. If the dipole moments between the two upper levels and each of the two lower levels are parallel, the spontaneous emission paths from the upper levels to the lower levels will have strongly or even completely destructive quantum interference. We show that this quantum interference will result in a complete inhibition of the fluorescence when one of the driving fields is tuned at the middle point of the upper levels. The quantum interference will lead to the dependence of atomic populations at steady state on the initial condition, when both of the driving fields are tuned to the middle point of the upper levels. When the dipole moments are close to but not exactly parallel, or none of the driving fields is tuned at the middle point of the upper levels and there is a small difference between detunings of the two driving fields to the uppermost level, ultranarrow lines at the spectral center appear because of the destructive quantum interference.