Constructive and destructive interference in spontaneous emission from a three-level atom

Shi-Yao Zhu; Lorenzo M. Narducci; Marlan O. Scully

doi:10.1117/12.239490

10 May 1996 Constructive and destructive interference in spontaneous emission from a three-level atom

Shi-Yao Zhu, Lorenzo M. Narducci, Marlan O. Scully

Proceedings Volume 2798, Coherent Phenomena and Amplification without Inversion; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239490
Event: International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics, 1995, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

The constructive and destructive nature of the interference for the spontaneous emission from a three-level atom have been discussed by using dressed states. There is an interference if the upper level of the spontaneous emission is driven by a coherent field, while there is no interference if the lower level of the spontaneous emission is driven by the field. What interference (constructive or destructive one) we will get at a fixed frequency depends on the initial condition of the atom.

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Shi-Yao Zhu, Lorenzo M. Narducci, and Marlan O. Scully "Constructive and destructive interference in spontaneous emission from a three-level atom", Proc. SPIE 2798, Coherent Phenomena and Amplification without Inversion, (10 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239490

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