We present the experimental observation of the Fano-type interference in a coupled cavity-atom system by confining the laser-cooled ^85Rb atoms in an optical cavity. The asymmetric Fano profile is obtained through qua...We present the experimental observation of the Fano-type interference in a coupled cavity-atom system by confining the laser-cooled ^85Rb atoms in an optical cavity. The asymmetric Fano profile is obtained through quantum interference in a three-level atomic system coherently coupled to a single mode cavity field. The observed Fano profile can be explained by the interference between the intra-cavity dark state and the polariton state of the coupled cavity atom system. The possible applications of our observations include all-optical switching, optical sensing and narrow band optical filters.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2012CB922101the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 11404375supported by the National Science Foundation of USA under Grant No 1205565
文摘We present the experimental observation of the Fano-type interference in a coupled cavity-atom system by confining the laser-cooled ^85Rb atoms in an optical cavity. The asymmetric Fano profile is obtained through quantum interference in a three-level atomic system coherently coupled to a single mode cavity field. The observed Fano profile can be explained by the interference between the intra-cavity dark state and the polariton state of the coupled cavity atom system. The possible applications of our observations include all-optical switching, optical sensing and narrow band optical filters.
