Spectral Line Elimination and Spontaneous Emission Cancellation via Quantum Interference
- 15 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 76 (3) , 388-391
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.76.388
Abstract
Quantum interference in spontaneous emission from a four-level atom is investigated. The atom has two upper levels coupled by the same vacuum modes to a common lower level and is driven by a coherent field to an auxiliary level. Interference can lead to the elimination of a spectral line in the spontaneous emission spectrum and spontaneous emission cancellation in steady state.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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