Unexpected population inversion via spontaneously generated coherence of a ∧ system

✍ Scribed by Shang-qing Gong; Yuan Li; Si-de Du; Zhi-zhan Xu

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 129 KB
• Volume: 259
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0375-9601
• DOI: 10.1016/s0375-9601(99)00358-8

✦ Synopsis

We study the effects of spontaneously generated coherence on steady-state population distribution of a closed n-type atomic system. We find that the unexpected population inversions can be achieved on both of the optical transitions due to these coherent effects.