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Transmission properties of a weak probe field traveling through a sample of interacting cold 87Rb atoms driven into the three-level ladder configuration, which is a typical Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) system, are investigated. Rydberg atoms are considered to be a perfect platform in the research fields of quantum optics and quantum information processing due to some exaggerated properties of Rydberg atoms with high principal quantum number, especially, the dipole-dipole interaction between Rydberg atoms leads to the so-called dipole blockade effect accommodating at most one Rydberg excitation within a mesoscopic volume. The dipole blockade effect may be mapped onto the spectrum of EIT, and the EIT exhibits the cooperative optical nonlinearity which is usually characterized by two indicators, i.e., the probe intensity and the photonic correlation. The cooperative optical nonlinearity is also found here in the phase of transmission spectrum, and the phase can be regarded as the third indicator of nonlinearity in Rydberg EIT. However, there are tremendous differences between the phase and probe transmission (photonic correlation) though they both originate from the conditional polarization. Specifically, the phase is not sensitive to neither the incident probe intensity nor the initial photonic correlation at the resonant probe frequency under the condition of the Autler-Townes (AT) splitting where two other indicators exhibit significant cooperative nonlinearity. The nonlinearity in phase spectrum occurs only in the regime between the resonant probe frequency and the AT splitting and especially is remarkable at the frequency where the probe field is classical. Finally, influence of the principal quantum number and the atomic density on the transmitted phase are examined. In the nonlinear regime, the absolute value of the phase becomes smaller and smaller as the principal quantum number and the atomic density are raised. This indicates that the nonlinearity is strengthened by increasing them. The probe phase provides an attractive supplement to study in depth the cooperative optical nonlinearity in Rydberg EIT and offers us the considerable flexibility to manipulate the propagation and evolution of a quantum light field.
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Keywords:
- electromagnetically induced transparency /
- dipole-dipole interaction /
- Rydberg atom /
- superatom
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图 1 (a)量子探测场
$\scriptstyle{\hat \varOmega _{\rm{p}}}$ 在控制场${\varOmega _{\rm{c}}}$ 相干作用下的一维冷原子系综中传播, 原子系综可以看作是由独立的超级原子构成的; (b)左侧为具有vdW 相互作用的三能级原子结构图; 右侧为等价的无相互作用超级原子能级结构图Figure 1. (a) Under the control of a classical field
$ {\varOmega _{\rm{c}}}$ , a quantum probe field$\scriptstyle{\hat \varOmega _{\rm{p}}}$ propagates in a one-dimensional cold atomic ensemble of non-interacting superatoms. (b) Left, level structure of the three-level interacting cold atoms described by a vdW potential; right, an equivalent energy level structure of a non-interacting superatom.
图 2 (a)探测场透射率
${I_{\rm{p}}}(L)/{I_{\rm{p}}}(0)$ , (b)二阶关联函数$g_{\rm{p}}^{(2)}(L)/g_{\rm{p}}^{{\rm{(2)}}}(0)$ , (c)探测场相位${\phi _{\rm{p}}}(L)/{\text{π}}$ 作为探测失谐${\varDelta _{\rm{p}}}/(2{\text{π}})$ 的函数. 黑色实线, 蓝色折线以及红色点线分别对应入射探测场拉比频率${\varOmega _{\rm{p}}}\left( 0 \right)/(2{\text{π}}) = 0.01$ , 0.3 MHz和0.6 MHz的情况. 单光子失谐${\varDelta _{\rm{c}}} = 0$ , 控制场拉比频率${\varOmega _{\rm{c}}}/(2{\text{π}}) = 2.5\;{\rm{MHz}}$ , 其他参数见正文描述Figure 2. (a) The transmitted probe intensity
${I_{\rm{p}}}(L)/{I_{\rm{p}}}(0)$ , (b) the second-order correlation function$g_{\rm{p}}^{(2)}(L)/g_{\rm{p}}^{{\rm{(2)}}}(0)$ , (c) probe phase${\phi _{\rm{p}}}(L)/{\text{π}}$ as a function of the probe detuning${\varDelta _{\rm{p}}}/(2{\text{π}})$ . The black solid, blue dashed and red dotted curves are corresponding to incident probe Rabi frequencies${\varOmega _{\rm{p}}}\left( 0 \right)/(2{\text{π}}) = 0.01$ ,$0.3\;{\rm{MHz}}$ and$0.6\;{\rm{MHz}}$ , respectively. The single-photon detuning${\varDelta _{\rm{c}}} = 0$ and the Rabi frequency of control field${\varOmega _{\rm{c}}}/(2{\text{π}}) = 2.5\;{\rm{MHz}}$ . Other parameters are described in the text.
图 3 (a)探测场透射率
${I_{\rm{p}}}(L)/{I_{\rm{p}}}(0)$ , (b)二阶关联函数$g_{\rm{p}}^{(2)}(L)/g_{\rm{p}}^{{\rm{(2)}}}(0)$ , (c)探测场相位${\phi _{\rm{p}}}(L)/{\text{π}}$ 作为探测失谐${\varDelta _{\rm{p}}}/(2{\text{π}})$ 和入射探测场拉比频率${\varOmega _{\rm{p}}}\left( 0 \right)/(2{\text{π}})$ 的函数. 其他参数同图2Figure 3. (a) The transmitted probe intensity
${I_{\rm{p}}}(L)/{I_{\rm{p}}}(0)$ , (b) the second-order correlation function$g_{\rm{p}}^{(2)}(L)/g_{\rm{p}}^{{\rm{(2)}}}(0)$ , (c) the probe phase${\phi _{\rm{p}}}(L)/{\text{π}}$ as a function of the probe detuning${\varDelta _{\rm{p}}}/(2{\text{π}})$ and theRabi frequency of the incident probe field${\varOmega _{\rm{p}}}\left( 0 \right)/(2{\text{π}})$ . Other parameters are the same as in Fig. 2.
图 4 (a)探测场透射率
${I_{\rm{p}}}(L)/{I_{\rm{p}}}(0)$ , (b)二阶关联函数$g_{\rm{p}}^{(2)}(L)/g_{\rm{p}}^{{\rm{(2)}}}(0)$ , (c)探测场相位${\phi _{\rm{p}}}(L)/{\text{π}}$ 作为探测失谐${\varDelta _{\rm{p}}}/(2{\text{π}})$ 和初始二阶关联函数$g_{\rm{p}}^{\left( {\rm{2}} \right)}\left( 0 \right)$ 的函数. 入射探测场拉比频率${\varOmega _{\rm{p}}}\left( 0 \right)/(2{\text{π}}) = 0.3\;{\rm{MHz}}$ , 其他参数同图2Figure 4. (a) The transmitted probe intensity
${I_{\rm{p}}}(L)/{I_{\rm{p}}}(0)$ , (b) the second-order correlation function$g_{\rm{p}}^{{\rm{(2)}}}(L)/g_{\rm{p}}^{{\rm{(2)}}}(0)$ , (c) probe phase$ {\phi _{\rm{p}}}(L)/{\text{π}} $ as a function of the probe detuning${\varDelta _{\rm{p}}}/(2{\text{π}})$ and the initial second-order correlation function$g_{\rm{p}}^{\left( 2 \right)}\left( 0 \right)$ . The Rabi frequency of the incident probe field${\varOmega _{\rm{p}}}\left( 0 \right)/(2{\text{π}}) = 0.3\;{\rm{MHz}}$ and other parameters are the same as in Fig. 2.
图 5 探测场相位
${\phi _{\rm{p}}}\left( L \right)/{\text{π}}$ 作为入射探测场拉比频率${\varOmega _{\rm{p}}}\left( 0 \right)/(2{\text{π}})$ 和初始二阶关联函数$g_{\rm{p}}^{\left( 2 \right)}\left( 0 \right)$ 的函数 (a)探测失谐${\varDelta _{\rm{p}}} = 1.4\;{\rm{MHz}}$ ; (b)探测失谐${\varDelta _{\rm{p}}} = $ $ - 1.4\;{\rm{MHz}}$ . 其他参数同图2Figure 5. Probe phase
${\phi _{\rm{p}}}\left( L \right)/{\text{π}}$ as a function of the Rabi frequency of the incident probe field${\varOmega _{\rm{p}}}\left( 0 \right)/(2{\text{π}})$ and initial second-order correlation function$g_{\rm{p}}^{\left( 2 \right)}\left( 0 \right)$ : (a) Probe detuning${\varDelta _{\rm{p}}} = 1.4\;{\rm{MHz}}$ ; (b) probe detuning${\varDelta _{\rm{p}}} = $ $- 1.4\;{\rm{MHz}}$ . Other parameters are the same as in Fig. 2.
图 6 探测场相位
${\phi _{\rm{p}}}\left( L \right)/{\text{π}}$ 作为(a)主量子数$n$ 和(b)原子密度$\rho $ 的函数. 入射探测场拉比频率${\varOmega _{\rm{p}}}\left( 0 \right)/$ $(2{\text{π}}) = 0.3\;{\rm{MHz}}$ , 初始二阶关联函数$g_{\rm{p}}^{\left( {\rm{2}} \right)}\left( 0 \right) = 1$ . 其他参数同图2Figure 6. Probe phase
${\phi _{\rm{p}}}\left( L \right)/{\text{π}}$ as a function of (a)the principal quantum number$n$ and (b) the atomic density$\rho $ . The incident probe intensity${\varOmega _{\rm{p}}}\left( 0 \right)/(2{\text{π}}) = 0.3\;{\rm{MHz}}$ and the initial second-order correlation function$g_{\rm{p}}^{\left( {\rm{2}} \right)}\left( 0 \right) = 1$ . Other parameters are the same as in Fig. 2. -
[1] Harris S E, Field J E, Imamoglu A 1990 Phys. Rev. Lett. 64 1107
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[2] Harris S E 1997 Physics Today 50 36
[3] Fleichhauer M, Imamoglu A, Marangos J P 2005 Rev. Mod. Phys. 77 633
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Google Scholar
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