Anomalous two-photon spectral features in warm rubidium vapor

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Perrella, C.
Light, P. S.
Milburn, T. J.
Kielpinski, David
Stace, T. M.
Luiten, A. N.
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2016
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We report observation of anomalous fluorescence spectral features in the environs of a two-photon transition in a rubidium vapor when excited with two different wavelength lasers that are both counterpropagating through the vapor. These features are characterized by an unusual trade-off between the detunings of the driving fields. Three different hypothetical processes are presented to explain the observed spectra: a simultaneous three-atom and four-photon collision, a four-photon excitation involving a light field produced via amplified spontaneous emission, and population pumping perturbing the expected steady-state spectra. Numerical modeling of each hypothetical process is presented, supporting the population pumping process as the most plausible mechanism.

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Physical Review A

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94

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3

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Lasers and quantum electronics

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