Two-Photon Selective Reflection Spectroscopy of Confined Atomic Vapor at the Interface with a Ferroelectric Layer

Abstract:

We examine two-photon selective reflection (SR) spectroscopy in a system of -type three-level atoms at the interface with a ferroelectric layer on a dielectric surface. Two-photon SR lines, exhibiting Dicke-narrowing profiles due to atom-wall collision and Doppler free configuration, are periodically modulated by the thickness of the atomic vapor. These SR lines can be modified by the thickness and the complex refractive index of the ferroelectric layer, and can probably be a feasible method used in the measurement of the optical parameters of the ferroelectric layer.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 669)
• Pages: 226-232
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.669.226
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Yuan Yuan Li, Li Li, Yi Xin Lu, Xiang Wu Zhang
• Keywords: Dicke-Narrowing, Ferroelectric Layer, Selective Reflection Spectroscopy

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