Modified spontaneous emission spectra of a three-level V-type atom in photonic crystals

We introduce a modified density of modes to investigate the spontaneous emission spectrum of a three-level V-type atom in photonic crystal using Laplace transform. The atom’s steady state behavior of spontaneous emission is treated for different locations of the upper band-edge frequency. Furthermore; the influence of quantum interference between the two decay channels on spontaneous emission is discussed.     

驱动场作用下光子晶体中三能级原子的自发发射

讨论了在双光子驱动场作用下,三能级原子在光子晶体中的自发发射问题．由于量子干涉和光的局域化作用,两个上能级中的占据数将具有周期振荡或准周期振荡的性质,这不仅依赖于两个上能级与禁带的相对位置,同时也依赖于原子的初始状态,而且还与驱动场的强度、驱动场的入射位相有关．这些性质既与真空中带有驱动场的原子的自发发射性质不同,也有别于无驱动场作用下光子晶体中三能级原子的自发发射性质． 关键词：     

驱动场对光子晶体中原子自发辐射的影响

文章讨论了在驱动场作用下, 三能级原子在光子晶体中的自发辐射问题.由于量子干涉和光的局域化作用,两个上能级中的布居数将具有周期振荡或准周期振荡的性质,这不仅与两个上能级与禁带的相对位置有关,同时也与原子的初始状态有关.驱动场的强度和入射位相也能控制光子晶体中三能级原子的自发辐射.     

左手性材料对V形三能级原子光谱的影响

本文研究了左手性材料板附近V形三能级原子的动力学演化及辐射光谱特性. 主要考虑了从两上能级向下能级跃迁的电偶极矩相互垂直的情形, 探讨了原子初始状态对辐射光谱的影响. 研究结果表明, 左手材料的反聚焦和相位补偿效应所引发的间接量子干涉, 导致两上能级的原子布居数相互影响, 原子在上能级的寿命明显增长或缩短, 并造成了谱线变窄或展宽.     

Large index of refraction without absorption via decay-induced coherence in a three-level V system

We study the effects of quantum interference from spontaneous emission on the dispersion-absorption properties in a three-level V-type atomic system with two near-degenerate excited levels. We found that due to the quantum interference between two spontaneous decay channels, large index of refraction without absorption always can be obtained just by choosing proper values of the relative phase between the two applied fields.Received: 27 February 2004, Published online: 26 May 2004PACS: 42.50.Gy Effects of atomic coherence on propagation, absorption, and amplification of light; electromagnetically induced transparency and absorption - 42.50.Hz Strong-field excitation of optical transitions in quantum systems; multiphoton processes; dynamic Stark shift     

Coherent control of spontaneous emission and radiation property in an anisotropic PBG

The spontaneous emission and radiation properties of a three-level atom driven by a phase-sensitive laser field in the anisotropic photonic crystal have been investigated. Due to the modified density in PC and the dynamical coherence induced by the coupling field, the population becomes oscillated and a fractionalized steady-state inversion appears in the two upper levels under certain initial conditions. And the spontaneous spectra are influenced not only by the photonic band edge but also by the phase and the detuning of the coherent field. In addition, the phase dependent quantum interference leads to fluorescence quenching and enhancement in the spectra. Meanwhile, the radiation fields are greatly dependent on the intensity of the coherent field and the relative position of the resonant frequency to the band edge. Different kinds of fields within the regions we plotted are clearly calculated. When the resonant frequency moves from deep in the band gap to the band, localized field, diffusion field and propagating field regularly vary and the energy of them is exchanged to each other.     

Coherent control of interference processes in radiative decays

Possibility of coherent control of spontaneous emission from four- and five-level system in the laser radiation field is studied. The four-level system consists of two levels resonantly driven by laser radiation where either of levels may decay to a separate level. For such a system, we show that the presence of the second decay channel may deteriorate the destructive interference occurring in case of one decay channel because of Autler-Townes effect. The five-level diagram represents two two-level resonantly driven systems with the upper levels decaying to a common level. For this diagram, interference between the two decay channels takes place and it is partially or completely destructive or constructive depending on the initial conditions and on the mutual orientation of the transition dipole moments. It is shown that population transfer takes place by the same quantum vacuum via spontaneous emission. The populations are shown to have damping oscillatory nature.     

Spontaneous emission spectra of a four-level atom in photonic crystals driven by two coherent fields

We investigate the spontaneous emission spectra of a four-level tripod-type atom embedded in a photonic crystal and driven by two coherent fields. It is found that due to the quantum interference caused by two driving fields, the spontaneous emission spectra have different features from the case of only one driving field. The spectra are sensitively dependent on the detuning of the driving fields. A dark line occurs for some particular initial states. By appropriately adjusting the external driving fields, the spectral-line can be narrowed, enhanced or suppressed.     

Microwave control of spontaneous emission of a driven four-level atom in photonic crystals

We study the coherent control of spontaneous emission of a double-driven four-level atom embedded in photonic crystals. Combined effect of different relative locations between the upper band edge and the two upper levels and the phase of microwave coupling field is discussed. It is shown that quantum interference effect such as laser-induced dark line depends strongly on the phase of microwave field.     

量子测量对三维光子晶体中Λ型原子动力学性质的影响

讨论了量子测量对各向异性光子晶体中Λ型激发态原子衰减的影响，主要包括衰减的抑制和加速效应.研究发现，这样的量子测量效应不仅与原子共振频率相对于光子晶体带边的位置有关，还与量子测量本身的频率大小相关.由于各向异性光子晶体的影响，较小频率的量子测量也能得到抑制衰减的效应. 关键词： 量子测量 量子Zeno 和 反Zeno效应 光子晶体     

光子晶体中三能级原子的自发发射

讨论了三能级原子在光子晶体中的自发发射问题.由于量子干涉和光的局域化,两个上能级中的粒子数布居将具有周期振荡或准周期振荡,这不仅依赖于两个上能级与禁带的相对位置, 同时也依赖于原子的初始状态,且有别于真空中三能级原子的自发发射性质. 关键词：     

Spontaneous emission spectrum of a three-level atom embedded in photonic crystal

The two models of three-level (one upper level and two lower levels, or two upper levels and one lower level) atom embedded in a double-band photonic crystal are adopted. The atomic transitions from the upper levels to the lower levels are assumed to be coupled by the same reservoir which are respectively the isotropic photonic band gap (PBG) modes, the anisotropic PBG modes and the free vacuum modes. The effects of the fine structure of the atomic ground state levels in the model with one upper level and two lower levels, and the quantum interferences in the model with two upper levels and one lower level on the spontaneous emission spectrum of an atom are investigated in detail. Most interestingly, it is shown that new spontaneous emission lines are produced from the fine splitting of atomic ground state levels in the isotropic PBG case. The quantum interferences induce additional narrow spontaneous lines near the transition from the empty upper level to the lower level.     

Decay of a quantum dot in two-dimensional metallic photonic crystals

In this paper we have developed a theory for the decay of a quantum dot doped in a two-dimensional metallic photonic crystal consisting of two different metallic pillars in an air background medium. This crystal structure forms a full two-dimensional photonic band gap when the appropriate pillar sizes are chosen. The advantage of using two metals is that one can easily control the density of states and optical properties of these photonic crystals by changing the plasma energies of two metals rather than one. Using the Schrödinger equation method and the photonic density of states, we calculated the linewidth broadening and the spectral function of radiation due to spontaneous emission for two-level quantum dots doped in the system. Our results show that by changing the plasma energies one can control spontaneous emission of quantum dots doped in the metallic photonic crystal.     

Quantum interference effect on spontaneous emission spectrum in a doubly driven M-type atom

An M-type atomic system with two closely spaced upper levels interacting with the same modes of the vacuum radiation field exhibits the interference effect between the spontaneous decay channels. The phenomenon of this decay-interference along with the dynamically induced quantum interference created in the system by two coherent fields can change significantly the spontaneous emission spectrum. Our results highlight large enhancement of ultranarrow spectral components within the spontaneous emission line shape in various conditions. We have shown the occurrence of two contradistinctive phenomena: compression of two spectral lines towards their mid-position and the spreading of two lines away from each other under different dynamic conditions. The phenomenon of suppression of spectral line and the quenching of spontaneous emission have also been focused.     

压缩真空中的三能级原子的自发辐射

对压缩真空与Ｖ型三能级原子的相互作用作了理论分析,探讨了量子干涉效应对压缩真空中原子自发辐射的影响。当原子的上能级简并时强的量子干涉效应影响原子的定态和定态出射光谱,使它们对原子的初态敏感。这种情况下,压缩使谱线趋于关于压缩真空中心频率对称,量子干涉使谱线趋于不对称。     

Manipulation of Spontaneous Emission via Quantum Interference in an Elliptically Polarized Laser Field

Manipulation of spontaneous emission from an atom confined in three kinds of modified reservoirs has been investigated by means of an elliptically polarized laser field. Some interesting phenomena such as the multi-peak structure, extreme spectral narrowing, and cancellation of spontaneous emission can be observed by adjusting controllable system parameters. Moreover, these phenomena depend on the constructive or destructive quantum interference between multiple decay channels and which can be changed appreciably by varying the phase difference between the two circularly polarized components of the probe field. These results demonstrate the importance of an elliptically polarized laser field in controlling the spontaneous emission and its potential applications in high-precision spectroscopy.     

INFLUENCE OF ATOMIC MOTION ON SPONTANEOUS EMISSION FROM A THREE-LEVEL ATOM

本文研究了V型三能级原子的自发辐射谱。如果不考虑原子的质心运动,则自发谱中有一暗线,这是干涉所致。如果考虑原子的质心运动,则暗线消失,即原子的质心运动破坏了干涉效应。     

Spontaneous emission from a three-level atom embedded in an anisotropic photonic crystal

We study the spontaneous emission properties of a V-type three-level atom embedded in a photonic crystal with the anisotropic dispersion relation. We show that the localized field can disappear and the diffusion field can become intense in some regions. This originates from no singularity of the density of states. The quantum interference leads to oscillatory, quasi-oscillatory or complete decay behavior of population. The complete decay can also be realized in certain condition without depending on the initial state. Received 9 April 2000 and Received in final form 1st August 2000     

Spontaneous emission properties of a driven five-level atom embedded in photonic crystals

The spontaneous emission spectra of a five-level double tripod-type atom embedded in photonic crystals (PCs) are investigated by means of two external fields driving different atomic transitions. We find that due to the quantum interference effects caused by two driving fields, the spontaneous emission spectra exhibit different features from the case of only one driving field. The influences of the parameters of two external driving fields, photonic band-gap (PBG), as well as the atomic initial states on the spectra are analyzed in detail. It is shown that some interesting phenomena such as spectral-line enhancement, spectral-line suppression, spectral-line narrowing, the appearance of dark lines, and multi-peak structures can be observed in the spectra by appropriately modulating the available system parameters. These investigations may find applications in high-precision spectroscopy.     

压缩真空中的三能级原子的自发辐射强场高次谐波时间特性的理论分析

对压缩真空与V型三能级原子的相互作用作了理论分析, 探讨了量子干涉效应对压缩真空中原子自发辐射的影响。当原子的上能级简并时强的量子干涉效应影响原子的定态和定态出射光谱, 使它们对原子的初态敏感。这种情况下, 压缩使谱线趋于关于压缩真空中心频率对称, 量子干涉使谱线趋于不对称。通过用单电子近似求解含时薛定谔方程, 用加窗傅里叶分析的方法, 分析了单原子产生的高次谐波的时间特性。理论分析表明, 基态粒子数消耗对不同级次谐波辐射的影响程度不一样; 谐波辐射随着入射激光场强度的增加会出现饱和; 随着谐波级次的增加, 谐波辐射越来越趋向于集中在更短的时间间隔内, 相应的线宽也随着谐波级次的增加而增加。