Quantum interferences in cooperative Dicke emission from spatial variation of the laser phase

We report the generation of a new quantum interference effect in spontaneous emission from a resonantly driven system of two identical two-level atoms due to the spatial variation of the laser phase at the positions of the atoms. This interference affects significantly the spectral features of the emitted radiation and the quantum entanglement in the system. The interference leads to dynamic coupling of the populations and coherences in a basis, determined by the laser phase and represents a kind of vacuum mediated superexchange between the symmetric and antisymmetric states.     

Control of Spontaneous Emission from a Microwave Field Coupled Five-Level M-type Atom in Photonic Crystals

We investigate the spontaneous emission spectrum of a five-level M-type atom driven by a microwave field, in which one lower level is coupled by the same modified reservoir to two upper levels. The results show that a few interesting phenomena in spontaneous emission spectra, such as spectral-line shift, spectral-line enhancement and spectral-line suppression, which can be controlled by adjusting the proper parameters of the system. These phenomena can originate from quantum interference of the strong coupling system.     

Effect of atomic initial phase difference on spontaneous emission of an atom embedded in photonic crystal

<正>We investigate the effect of initial phase difference between the two excited states of a V-type three-level atom on its steady state behaviour of spontaneous emission.A modified density of modes is introduced to calculate the spontaneous emission spectra in photonic crystal.Spectra in free space are also shown to compare with that in photonic crystal with different relative positions of the excited levels from upper band-edge frequency.It is found that the initial phase difference plays an important role in the quantum interference property between the two decay channels.For a zero initial phase,destructive property is presented in the spectra.With the increase of initial phase difference,quantum interference between the two decay channels from upper levels to ground level turns to be constructive.Furthermore, we give an interpretation for the property of these spectra.     

Competition between four-wave mixing and amplified spontaneous emission

There has recently been considerable interest in nonlinear optical interactions in which two different processes compete with one another. In this paper, we review some recent work in this area, and describe the results of our own investigation of competition between four-wave mixing and amplified spontaneous emission. We find that under two-photon excitation of the sodium 3d level, new optical frequency components can be generated either by amplified spontaneous emission at the 3d→3p transition frequency or by a resonantly enhanced four-wave mixing process. We have observed competition between these two processes, resulting in the suppression of amplified spontaneous emission. The transfer of population to the 3d level is inhibited by the destructive interference between two different pathways connecting the ground and upper levels.     

Modification of spontaneous emission from a five-level M-type atom in coupled cavity waveguide

We study the spontaneous emission spectrum of a five-level M-type atom driven by a microwave field, in which two upper levels are coupled by the same-coupled cavity waveguide reservoir to a lower level. The spectrum behavior presents a strong non-Lorentzian shape that originates from effective quantum interference in Markovian reservoir, in which the spectral line can be significantly enhanced and eliminated by adjusting the proper parameters of the system. However, for non-Markovian reservoir, it seems that the shape of emission spectrum is quite dependent on the geometry behavior of a coupled cavity waveguide.     

Controlling spontaneous emission in a driven M-type atom by low-frequency coherence

We have studied the spontaneous emission behaviour in a five-level M-type atom driven by two optical fields of high frequencies and a microwave field of low-frequency. In absence of non-orthogonal decaying pathways, due to microwave field induced low-frequency coherence, the present model produces the emission spectrum resembling that of a three-level system controlled by the effect of vacuum induced decay-interference. For particular sets of values of the Rabi frequencies of the resonant coherent fields, the system exhibits quantum interference induced switching effect. By using this model, we have shown that the phenomenon of narrowing can be induced in the emission peaks without any detuning and phase control of the coherent fields. With the increase in the value of the Rabi frequency of the microwave field, this feature will be accompanied by the peak-compression and -repulsion effect. When the coherent fields are far from resonance, the appearance of the single-photon and the two-photon peaks in the emission spectrum can be easily controlled by changing the value of the Rabi frequency of the microwave field. We have shown the appearance of multiple dark regions in the emission line shape for equal as well as unequal decay rates of two emission pathways. Other interesting phenomena like elimination, enhancement and suppression of spectral line are also explored in various resonant and non-resonant cases.     

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.     

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.     

Absorption-induced optical bistability and dissipative solitons in a BEC interferometer

A model of the absorption-induced nonlinear response of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate driven by a weak resonant laser beam is presented. The model takes into account the slow BEC decay due to spontaneous emission and magnetic-trap loss by binary collisions, as well as compensation of the decay by injection of ground-state atoms into the trap. It is shown that the nonlinear response is much stronger than in other nonlinear optical media. For a BEC interferometer driven by a monochromatic beam, the threshold intensity for hysteretic switching is found, and dissipative spatial solitons are demonstrated.     

Fluorescence properties in a single driven four-level atomic system

The spontaneous emission decay dynamics of a tripod configuration four-level atom driven by a single laser field is studied.Under different initial conditions,we discuss the effects of quantum interference and detuning of external driving field on atomic spontaneous emission properties.For the larger detuning,the interesting phenomena of the spectral line narrowing are found which stem from the contribution of external driving field.     

Nonlinear nonstationary theory of light propagation through a resonance medium taking into account optical pumping of atoms

The general nonstationary theory of propagation of an elliptically polarized pulse resonantly interacting with the 1/2–1/2 transition is presented. The theory that takes into account relaxation processes is developed in terms of irreducible tensor operator representation allowing diagonalization of the relaxation matrix and introduction of effective decay times governing relaxation of both population and coherence between magnetic sublevels of the resonant system. It is shown that interference of magnetic sublevels in the field of polarized radiation that optically pumps the atoms can result in inversionless amplification of radiation.     

Spectral line suppression and sideband narrowing via quantum interference

We reveal that for a realistic system, interference effects are obtained such as the suppression of central line and inner sidebands and the narrowing of the outer fluorescence sidebands. For this purpose, we consider a spontaneous decay from an excited state to a metastable state when the excited and metastable states are resonantly coupled to an auxiliary metastable state by a laser field and a microwave field, respectively. The fluorescence spectrum evolves from a five-peaked structure into a doublet of ultrasharp lines as the ratio of the laser field Rabi frequency to the microwave Rabi frequency is decreased. The physical origin is presented in terms of dressed states.     

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。     

Coupled field induced conversion between destructive and constructive quantum interference

We study the control of quantum interference in a four-level atom driven by three coherent fields forming a closed loop. The spontaneous emission spectrum shows two sets of peaks which are dramatically influenced by the fields. Due to destructive quantum interference, a dark line can be observed in the emission spectrum, and the condition of the dark line is given. We found that the conversion between destructive and constructive quantum interference can be achieved through controlling the Rabi frequency of the external fields.     

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.     

Observation of the parametric two-ion decay instability with thomson scattering

We present the first direct experimental observation of the parametric two-ion decay instability of ion-acoustic waves driven by a high intensity (5 x 10(15) W cm(-2)) laser beam in a laser produced high-Z plasma. Using two separate Thomson scattering diagnostics simultaneously, we directly measure the scattering from thermal ion-acoustic fluctuations, the primary ion waves that are driven to large amplitudes by the high intensity beam, and the two-ion decay products. The decay products are shown to be present only where the interaction takes place and their k spectrum is broad.     

Control of spontaneous emission from an RF-driven five-level atom in an anisotropic double-band photonic-band-gap reservoir

The control of spontaneous emission from an radio-frequency (RF)-driven five-level atom embedded in a three-dimensional photonic crystal is investigated by considering the anisotropic double-band photonic-band-gap (PBG) reservoir. It is shown that, due to the coexistence of the PBG and the quantum interference effect induced by the RF-driven field, some interesting features, such as the spectral-line narrowing, the spectral-line enhancement, the spectral-line suppression and the occurrence of a dark line in spontaneous emission, can be realized by adjusting system parameters under the experimentally available parameter conditions. The proposed scheme can be achieved by use of an RF-driven field into hyperfine levels in rubidium atom confined in a photonic crystal. These theoretical investigations may provide more degrees of freedom to vary the spontaneous emission.     

Interactions of coherent electromagnetic radiation with nuclei

When coherent electromagnetic radiation resonantly couples two levels of a nucleus, the system can emit photons by stimulated and by spontaneous emission. The spontaneous emission spectrum is defined as the Fourier transform of the first-order correlation function of the magnetic or electric field operator. This function can be expressed in terms of one-time and two-time averages of nuclear operators. The one-time averages can be calculated by solving the Bloch-type equations for the matrix elements of the nuclear density operator. Application of the quantum regression theorem permits to calculate two-time averages with the aid of one-time averages and hence the radiated spectrum.     

Etude des effets spectraux et spatiaux liés à la propagation d'un faisceau laser resonnant dans une vapeur de baryum

We present some characteristic features of the interaction between a resonant laser pulse and a dense atomic medium (barium vapor). A spectral analysis of the coherent transmitted light displays side bands related to the Rabi frequency. A study of the spatial behaviour of the laser beam shows that light filaments are generated and we specify in what experimental situation (light intensity, atomic concentration) this phenomenon takes place. Starting from Maxwell-Bloch equations for a resonantly driven two-level atomic system we built a computation code whose numerical results are in good agreement with our experiments.     

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.