S. A. Zibrov, Ya. O. Dudin, A. G. Radnaev, V. V. Vasil'ev, V. L. Velichansky, D. V. Brazhnikov, A. V. Taichenachev, V. I. Yudin, “Magneto-optical resonances in the field of counterpropagating waves”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2007, Volume 85, Issue 9,Pages <nobr>515

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ATOMS, SPECTRA, RADIATIONS

Magneto-optical resonances in the field of counterpropagating waves

S. A. Zibrov^ab, Ya. O. Dudin^ab, A. G. Radnaev^ab, V. V. Vasil'ev^a, V. L. Velichansky^ab, D. V. Brazhnikov^c, A. V. Taichenachev^dc, V. I. Yudin^dc

^a P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
^b Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
^c Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
^d Novosibirsk State University

Abstract: The resonance of the intersection of sublevels in a probe laser field resonant to the cyclic transition corresponding to the D ₂ ⁸⁷Rb line has been investigated in a zero magnetic field. The strong effect of an additional laser field acting on the adjacent transition has been revealed. In a cell without the buffer gas and antirelaxation coating, the amplitude of the probe-field absorption resonance can increase by more than an order of magnitude in the presence of a counterpropagating wave. The effect is observed at the laser frequency tuned to the cross resonance, when the counterpropagating waves simultaneously act on moving atoms at the cyclic and open transitions with the common lower level. The theoretical analysis of the effect of the additional field on the electromagnetically induced absorption resonance is in agreement with the experimental data.

PACS: 42.50.Gy, 42.65.-k

Received: 11.03.2007