Robust Coherent Transport of Light in Multilevel Hot Atomic Vapors

N. Cherroret, M. Hemmerling, V. Nador, J. T. M. Walraven, and R. Kaiser

Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 183203 – Published 7 May 2019

Abstract

Using a model system, we demonstrate both experimentally and theoretically that coherent scattering of light can be robust in hot atomic vapors despite a significant Doppler effect. By operating in a linear regime of far-detuned light scattering, we also unveil the emergence of interference triggered by inelastic Stokes and anti-Stokes transitions involving the atomic hyperfine structure.

Received 21 December 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.183203

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Fine & hyperfine structure Light-matter interaction Scattering theory

Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

N. Cherroret¹, M. Hemmerling^2,3, V. Nador³, J. T. M. Walraven⁴, and R. Kaiser³

¹Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL University, Collège de France, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
²Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, 13560-970 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
³Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Institut de Physique de Nice, Valbonne F-06560, France
⁴Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Vol. 122, Iss. 18 — 10 May 2019

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