Spin coherence excitation and rephasing with optically shelved atoms Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We investigate the use of resonant optical Raman pulses to excite and rephase ground state spin coherences via the partial storage or shelving of atoms. Unlike direct-rf-excited spin echoes or off-resonant Raman echoes, the resonant Raman optical field efficiently excites and rephases the spin coherence using and 2 pulses, respectively. In a crystal of (Formula presented) doped (Formula presented) we experimentally observe spin echo efficiency as high as 46% of the free induction decay signal. 1998 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • Physical Review B

author list (cited authors)

  • Ham, B. S., Shahriar, M. S., Kim, M. K., & Hemmer, P. R.

citation count

  • 47

complete list of authors

  • Ham, BS||Shahriar, MS||Kim, MK||Hemmer, PR

publication date

  • November 1998