Phase-dependent velocity selective coherent population trapping in a folded three-level ([and ]) system under standing wave excitation uri icon

abstract

  • Theoretically identified are the conditions under which velocity selective coherent population trapping (VSCPT) takes place when a three-level [and ] system is excited by a pair of Raman resonant standing waves. The efficiency of the VSCPT depends on the relative phase, , between the standing waves, and vanishes when = 0. Also reviewed are previous experimental observations by Aspect et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 61 (1988) 826] which qualitatively validate the predictions. Finally, the implication of this result to the feasibility of a dense trap of sub-recoil temperature [and ] atoms is discussed. 1993.

published proceedings

  • Optics Communications

author list (cited authors)

  • Shahriar, M. S., Hemmer, P. R., Prentiss, M. G., Chu, A., Katz, D. P., & Bigelow, N. P.

citation count

  • 12

complete list of authors

  • Shahriar, MS||Hemmer, PR||Prentiss, MG||Chu, A||Katz, DP||Bigelow, NP

publication date

  • December 1993