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Figure 2.15: Spectrum obtained (a) without and with (b) the pump beam. (a)<br />

With no pump beam present the resulting spectrum is dominated by Doppler<br />

broadening and has a FWHM <strong>of</strong> ∆ωD. (b) When the pump beam is present a<br />

narrow peak <strong>of</strong> FWHM ∆ωhole is seen at the center <strong>of</strong> the Doppler broadened<br />

spectrum.<br />

If the pump beam is present the result <strong>of</strong> the same scan shows a narrow<br />

peak in the center <strong>of</strong> the wide Doppler pr<strong>of</strong>ile, Fig. 2.15(b). This can be<br />

understood in terms <strong>of</strong> the action <strong>of</strong> the pump beam. It interacts with atoms<br />

that have a velocity v = (ω − ω0)/k and excites many <strong>of</strong> them into the upper<br />

level, removing them from the lower level, in a process known as hole burning<br />

[79]. <strong>The</strong> width <strong>of</strong> the hole burnt into the lower level is equal to the power-<br />

broadened homogeneous linewidth<br />

∆ωhole = Γ(1 + Ipump<br />

Isat<br />

) 1/2 . (2.101)<br />

If the frequency <strong>of</strong> the laser beam is <strong>of</strong>f resonance then this has no effect<br />

on the transmission <strong>of</strong> the probe beam because it interacts with atoms with<br />

a velocity v = −(ω − ω0)/k. However, if the laser beam is resonant with the<br />

transition then both beams interact with atoms with velocity v = 0 and the<br />

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