Photon-echo interferometry

Temporal interference between photon echoes of adjacent transitions in simple atoms is demonstrated, yielding suppression of the echo intensity by a factor of 10(4). The method provides a sensitive probe of perturbations that differentially affect the phase of the dipole moments for the adjacent tra...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inOptics letters Vol. 19; no. 10; p. 746
Main Authors Bacon, A M, Zhao, H Z, Laverty, P J, Wang, L J, Thomas, J E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.05.1994
Online AccessGet more information

Cover

More Information
Summary:Temporal interference between photon echoes of adjacent transitions in simple atoms is demonstrated, yielding suppression of the echo intensity by a factor of 10(4). The method provides a sensitive probe of perturbations that differentially affect the phase of the dipole moments for the adjacent transitions.
ISSN:0146-9592
DOI:10.1364/OL.19.000746