Angular dependence of Dicke-narrowed electromagnetically induced transparency resonances

M. Shuker, O. Firstenberg, R. Pugatch, A. Ben-Kish, A. Ron, N. Davidson

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Abstract

Dicke narrowing is a phenomenon that dramatically reduces the Doppler width of spectral lines, due to frequent velocity-changing collisions. A similar phenomenon occurs for electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) resonances, and facilitates ultranarrow spectral features in room-temperature vapor. We directly measure the Dicke-like narrowing by studying EIT line shapes as a function of the angle between the pump and probe beams. The measurements are in good agreement with an analytic theory with no fit parameters. The results show that Dicke narrowing can increase substantially the tolerance of hot-vapor EIT to angular deviations. We demonstrate the importance of this effect for applications such as imaging and spatial solitons using a single-shot imaging experiment, and discuss the implications for the feasibility of storing images in atomic vapor.

Original languageEnglish
Article number023813
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume76
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Aug 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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