Observation of narrow fluorescence from doubly driven four-level atoms at room temperature

Unusually narrow fluorescence peaks are seen from Rubidium-85 atoms under the action of two driving laser fields that are in a three dimensional molasses configuration. One of the lasers is held at a fixed detuning from the "cooling" transition, while the other is scanned across the "repumping" transitions. The fluorescence peaks are split into symmetric pairs, with the seperation within a pair increasing with the detuning of the cooling laser. For large detunings additional small peaks are seen. A simple model is proposed to explain these experimental observations.

Source: arXiv:0401280v1 - http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0401280v1 PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0401280v1 Original Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0401280v1