Response of a two-level atom to a frequency-modulated optically coherent pulse train

James M. Supplee, Edward A. Whittaker, Keith Andrew

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1833-1838
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume15
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1998

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