Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 5, Issue s1, 268(2007)

Sub-wavelength atom localization in double-dark resonant systems

Dongchao Cheng*, Chengpu Liu, Yueping Niu, Shiqi Jin, Ruxin Li, and Shangqing Gong
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  • State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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    We propose two schemes of atom localization based on the interference of double-dark resonances in a tripod and a 'Lambda'-type four-level system. It is demonstrated that the localization is significantly improved owing to the interference of double-dark resonances. In the tripod scheme, the localization can be manipulated by the parameters of an additional control field. Via adjusting the Rabi frequency of the field, one can double the probability of detecting the atom within subwavelength domain. By decreasing the detuning of the field, higher spatial resolution can be achieved. In the 'Lambda'-type four-level system, via adjusting the probe field detuning, we can not only make the atom localized at the nodes of the standing-wave field with high precision, but also increase the detecting probability of the atom at a particular position by a factor of 2.

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    Dongchao Cheng, Chengpu Liu, Yueping Niu, Shiqi Jin, Ruxin Li, Shangqing Gong. Sub-wavelength atom localization in double-dark resonant systems[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2007, 5(s1): 268

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    Received: Jan. 1, 1949

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 15, 2007

    The Author Email: Dongchao Cheng (dchcheng@siom.ac.cn)

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