The EIT- and N- joint resonance lineshape asymmetry

ORAL

Abstract

The solution of a quantum optics model for the joint EIT- and N- resonance explains the experimentally observed two-photon lineshape asymmetry as arising from interference and AC stark effects. This solution is evaluated for various light field intensities, detunings and couplings associated with experiments performed on the D1 and D2 transition of 87Rb. Because of its contribution to clock instability, lineshape asymmetry remains perhaps the main impediment to improving all-optical time standards based on the joint resonance.

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Authors

  • Michael Crescimanno

    Youngstown State University/Physics Dept., Youngstown State University/Physics Department

  • Cindy Hancox

    Mass. General Hospital

  • Michael Hohensee

    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Harvard University

  • David Phillips

    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

  • Ron Walsworth

    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Harvard University