Laser Manipulation of Nuclear Transitions

Abstract

The project is focused on theoretical and experimental studies of the quantum coherence effects at the atomic and nuclear transitions in solids. The main results are the following. 1. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) and all-optical writing and probing of quantum coherence in room temperature solids are demonstrated experimentally in the first time. 2. The method for coherent suppression of excited state absorption in laser crystals is suggested. It opens the prospects for realization of the variety tunable solid state lasers including UV and VUV ranges. 3. High-efficient THz generation by means of resonant three-level mixing based on EIT in solids is predicted. 4. EIT in gamma-ray range of frequencies at the nuclear transitions via the nuclear level crossing is demonstrated experimentally in the first time. 5. Slowing of the gamma-ray photons due to the absorption line doublet is demonstrated in the first time. 6. Modifications of the Mossbauer absorption spectra under the action of laser radiation demonstrated experimentally in the first time. 7. The method for suppression of the inhomogeneous line broadening of the Mossbauer spectra is suggested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 14, 2008
Accession Number
ADA481980

Entities

People

  • Olga Kocharovskaya

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Frequency
  • Gamma Rays
  • Laser Pulses
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optics
  • Physical Theories
  • Quantum Electronics
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Quantum Optics
  • Scattering
  • Spectroscopy
  • Wave Mixing
  • X Ray Optics
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots