Stimulated emission and multi-peaked absorption in a four level N-type atom

Absorption and refraction of the inner transition F₂\leftrightarrow F₃ of the closed four level N-type atom have been investigated under a weak field. The outer transitions F₁\leftrightarrow F₃ and F₂\leftrightarrow F₄ are resonantly interacted with drive field with frequency \omega_c and Rabi frequency \Omega_c, and saturation field with \Omega_s and \Omega_s, respectively. For the suitable Rabi frequencies \Omega_c and \Omega_s, we obtain the Mollow absorption spectrum of probe field. The reason is that the drive field excites the atom to the upper level F_c and simultaneously the saturation field takes the atom out of the lower level F₂, leading to the stimulated emission. Meanwhile, due to the dynamic energy splitting induced by the drive and saturation fields, the two- and four-peaked absorption spectra are observed. At the zero off-resonance detuning of probe field, we also find the transfer of dispersion from negative to positive with an increment of \Omega_s. Finally, the refractive index enhancement is predicted for a wide spectral region.