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View SchemaSteady state behaviour in atomic three-level lambda and ladder systems with incoherent population pumping
| Authors | M. Blaauboer |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9701002 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9701002 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.2459 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 55, 2459 (1997) |
Abstract
The steady state in three-level lambda and ladder systems is studied. It is well-known that in a lambda system this steady state is the coherent population trapping state, independent of the presence of spontaneous emission. In contrast, the steady state in a ladder system is in general not stable against radiative decay and exhibits a minimum in the population of the ground state. It is shown that incoherent population pumping destroys the stability of the coherent population trapping state in the lambda system and suppresses a previously discovered sharp dip in the steady state response. In the ladder system the observed minimum disappears in the presence of an incoherent pump on the upper transition.
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"abstract": "The steady state in three-level lambda and ladder systems is studied. It is\nwell-known that in a lambda system this steady state is the coherent population\ntrapping state, independent of the presence of spontaneous emission. In\ncontrast, the steady state in a ladder system is in general not stable against\nradiative decay and exhibits a minimum in the population of the ground state.\nIt is shown that incoherent population pumping destroys the stability of the\ncoherent population trapping state in the lambda system and suppresses a\npreviously discovered sharp dip in the steady state response. In the ladder\nsystem the observed minimum disappears in the presence of an incoherent pump on\nthe upper transition.",
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