We show that it is possible to use a single sideband to induce two-photon transparency in a three-level cascade medium. The medium simultaneously absorbs two photons as a one-step process when the middle level is far ...We show that it is possible to use a single sideband to induce two-photon transparency in a three-level cascade medium. The medium simultaneously absorbs two photons as a one-step process when the middle level is far off one-photon resonance. A resonant sideband coupling on the upper transition and the two-photon one-step process drive the medium into a trapped state, and the dominant component is the ground state. Thus almost all population is trapped in the ground state and the two-photon absorption is dramatically suppressed. We present a numerical calculation for arbitrary values of the atomic and field parameters and also provide an analytic description for the required conditions.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 60378008 and 10574052.
文摘We show that it is possible to use a single sideband to induce two-photon transparency in a three-level cascade medium. The medium simultaneously absorbs two photons as a one-step process when the middle level is far off one-photon resonance. A resonant sideband coupling on the upper transition and the two-photon one-step process drive the medium into a trapped state, and the dominant component is the ground state. Thus almost all population is trapped in the ground state and the two-photon absorption is dramatically suppressed. We present a numerical calculation for arbitrary values of the atomic and field parameters and also provide an analytic description for the required conditions.