Electromagnetically Induced Transparency Line Shapes for Large Probe Fields and Optically Thick Media

Authors

M. V. Pack, University of Rochester
R. M. Camacho, University of Rochester
John C. Howell, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2-2007

Abstract

We calculate the line shape and linewidths for electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in optically thick, Doppler broadened media (buffer gasses are also considered). In generalizing the definition of the EIT linewidth to optically thick media, we find two different linewidth definitions apply depending on whether the experiment is pulsed or continuous wave (cw). Using the cw definition for the EIT line shape we derive analytic expressions describing the linewidth as a function of optical depth. We also review the EIT line shapes in optically thin media and provide physical arguments for how the line shapes change as a function of various parameters.

Comments

This article was originally published in Physical Review A, volume 76, issue 1, in 2007. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.76.013801

Recommended Citation

M. V. Pack, R. M. Camacho, and J. C. Howell,Electromagnetically Induced Transparency Line Shapes for Large Probe Fields and Optically Thick Media, Phys. Rev. A 76(1), 013801.

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

American Physical Society