Feng Wen, Huapeng Ye, Xun Zhang, Wei Wang, Shuoke Li, Hongxing Wang, Yanpeng Zhang, Cheng-wei Qiu, "Optically induced atomic lattice with tunable near-field and far-field diffraction patterns," Photonics Res. 5, 676 (2017)

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![(a) Cascade-type three-level scheme with |a⟩[5S1/2(F=3)], |b⟩[5P3/2(F=3)], and |c⟩ (5D5/2) of Rb85 atoms [25], interacting with three laser beams: probe field EP and two lattice-forming fields E2(x) and E3(y). (b) The geometry of four laser beams applied upon a cold atoms ensemble along the z direction, and the corresponding near-field and far-field diffraction patterns of a probe field.](/richHtml/prj/2017/5/6/06000676/img_001.jpg)
Fig. 1. (a) Cascade-type three-level scheme with | a ⟩ [ 5 S 1 / 2 ( F = 3 ) ] , | b ⟩ [ 5 P 3 / 2 ( F = 3 ) ] , and | c ⟩ (5 D 5 / 2 ) of Rb 85 atoms [25], interacting with three laser beams: probe field E P and two lattice-forming fields E 2 ( x ) and E 3 ( y ) . (b) The geometry of four laser beams applied upon a cold atoms ensemble along the z direction, and the corresponding near-field and far-field diffraction patterns of a probe field.

Fig. 2. (a) The periodical modulation of the lattice-forming laser due to the four-beam interference pattern with Ω C = 8 MHz . The absorption spectrum and dispersion spectrum (b) at the nodes and (c) the antinodes of the lattice-forming laser.

Fig. 3. Amplitude-type lattice, with settings Ω C = 15 MHz , Δ 1 = 0 MHz , and Δ 2 = 0 MHz . (a) The amplitude and (b) the phase of the transmission function T ( x , y ) plotted over four space periods along x and y . (c) The corresponding normalized diffraction intensity I ( θ x , θ y ) as a function of sin θ x and sin θ y . (d) 2D transverse patterns corresponding to (c). Other parameters are γ a b = 1 MHz , γ a c = 0.1 MHz , a / λ P = b / λ P = 4 , L = 10 , and P = Q = 1 .

Fig. 4. Phase-type lattice, with settings Ω C = 15 MHz , Δ 1 = 10 MHz , and Δ 2 = 0 MHz . (a) The amplitude and (b) the phase of the transmission function T ( x , y ) plotted over four space periods along x and y . (c) The corresponding normalized diffraction intensity I ( θ x , θ y ) as a function of sin θ x and sin θ y . (d) 2D transverse patterns corresponding to (c). (e) The amplitude (solid curve) and the phase (dashed curve) of the transmission function T ( x , y ) as a function of x within a single space period. Other parameters are γ a b = 1 MHz , γ a c = 0.2 MHz , a / λ P = b / λ P = 4 , L = 10 , and P = Q = 1 .

Fig. 5. Normalized diffraction intensity I P ( θ x 0 , θ y 0 ) (solid line), I P ( θ x 1 , θ y 0 ) (dashed line), and I P ( θ x 1 , θ y 1 ) (dashed–dotted line) as a function of Ω C with (a) amplitude lattice with Δ 1 = 0 MHz , and Δ 2 = 0 MHz and (b) phase-type lattice Δ 1 = 10 MHz , and Δ 2 = 0 MHz . Other parameters are γ a b = 1 MHz , γ a c = 0.2 MHz , a / λ P = b / λ P = 4 , L = 10 , and P = Q = 1 .

Fig. 6. Near-field diffraction pattern in the case of (a) amplitude-type lattice and (b) phase-type lattice, and (a1)–(a4), (b1)–(b4) Talbot imaging at Z = 0 , z T / 2 , 2 z T / 3 , and z T , respectively.

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