• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 12, Issue 12, 121404 (2014)
Zheng Tan1、2, Xianping Sun1, Jun Luo1、2, Yong Cheng1、2, Xiuchao Zhao1, Xin Zhou1, Jin Wang1、2, and Mingsheng Zhan1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences – Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan 430071, China
  • 2Center for Cold Atom Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/col201412.121404 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zheng Tan, Xianping Sun, Jun Luo, Yong Cheng, Xiuchao Zhao, Xin Zhou, Jin Wang, Mingsheng Zhan. Ultranarrow bandwidth tunable atomic filter via quantum interference-induced polarization rotation in Rb vapor[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2014, 12(12): 121404 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We report the experimental demonstration of an ultranarrow bandwidth atomic filter by optically induced polarization rotation in multilevel electromagnetically induced transparency systems in hot Rb vapor. With a coupling intensity of 2.3 W/cm2, the filter shows a peak transmission of 33.2% and a bandwidth of 10 MHz. By altering the coupling frequency, a broad tuning range of several Doppler linewidths of the D1 line transitions of 87Rb atoms can be obtained. The presented atomic filter has useful features of ultranarrow bandwidth, and the operating frequency can be tuned resonance with the atomic transition. Such narrowband tunable atomic filter can be used as an efficient noise rejection tool in classical and quantum optical applications.
    Zheng Tan, Xianping Sun, Jun Luo, Yong Cheng, Xiuchao Zhao, Xin Zhou, Jin Wang, Mingsheng Zhan. Ultranarrow bandwidth tunable atomic filter via quantum interference-induced polarization rotation in Rb vapor[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2014, 12(12): 121404
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