%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of quantum interference on the optical properties of a three-level V-type atomic system beyond the two-photon resonance condition
%A S. M. Mousavi
%A L. Safari
%A M. Mahmoudi
%A M. Sahrai
%J Physics
%D 2012
%I arXiv
%R 10.1088/0953-4075/43/16/165501
%X The effect of quantum interference on the optical properties of a pumped-probe three-level V-type atomic system is investigated. The probe absorption, dispersion, group index and optical bistability beyond the two-photon resonance condition are discussed. It is found that the optical properties of a medium in the frequency of the probe field, in general, are phase independent. The phase dependence arises from a scattering of the coupling field into the probe field at a frequency which in general differs from the probe field frequency. It is demonstrated that beyond the two-photon resonance condition the phase sensitivity of the medium will disappear.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.6275v1