TY - JOUR
T1 - Response of a two-level atom to a frequency-modulated optically coherent pulse train
AU - Supplee, James M.
AU - Whittaker, Edward A.
AU - Andrew, Keith
PY - 1998/7
Y1 - 1998/7
N2 - We present an analytical expression for the response of a two-level atom to a frequency-modulated optically coherent pulse train. The optical beam has sinusoidal frequency modulation and its chopped to have a square-wave envelope. We assume that the laser pulse are short compared with the atomic-decay time, the pulse-repetition time, and the modulation period. With this short-pulse assumption we are able to use a method similar to Temkin's [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10, 830-839 (1993)] and solve the optical Bloch equations in closed form.
AB - We present an analytical expression for the response of a two-level atom to a frequency-modulated optically coherent pulse train. The optical beam has sinusoidal frequency modulation and its chopped to have a square-wave envelope. We assume that the laser pulse are short compared with the atomic-decay time, the pulse-repetition time, and the modulation period. With this short-pulse assumption we are able to use a method similar to Temkin's [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10, 830-839 (1993)] and solve the optical Bloch equations in closed form.
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U2 - 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001833
DO - 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001833
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032371729
SN - 0740-3224
VL - 15
SP - 1833
EP - 1838
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
IS - 7
ER -