%0 Journal Article %T The asymmetry of the Autler-Townes doublet in a three-level system %A 张连水 %A 冯晓敏 %A 李晓苇 %A 韩理 %A 傅广生 %J 中国物理 B %D 2004 %I %X The effect of the Bloch-Siegert shift on a strongly driven transition is studied in a three-level double-resonance configuration and the result is presented in this paper. We show that when a resonantly driven transition is probed to a third level, the Bloch-Siegert shift leads to an asymmetric Autler-Townes doublet. An important conclusion is that the asymmetry depends only on the driving field intensity, in contrast to a previous study where it is reported that the asymmetry depends not only on the driving field intensity but also on the characteristics of the three-level system. Our result implies an alternative way of measuring the Bloch-Siegert shift. %K Autler-Townes %K doublet %K Bloch-Siegert %K shift %K three-level %K system %U http://www.alljournals.cn/get_abstract_url.aspx?pcid=6E709DC38FA1D09A4B578DD0906875B5B44D4D294832BB8E&cid=47EA7CFDDEBB28E0&jid=CD8D6A6897B9334F09D8D1648C376FB4&aid=36E30C4CDAB1AFE7D838499702EC4BD6&yid=D0E58B75BFD8E51C&vid=FC0714F8D2EB605D&iid=38B194292C032A66&sid=375BEEEA164CFE59&eid=EA64BD0B2FF6E786&journal_id=1009-1963&journal_name=中国物理&referenced_num=0&reference_num=16