Collision-induced stimulated photon echo at the transition 0-1

TL;DR

This paper investigates the formation of stimulated photon echoes on a 0-1 transition in gases, emphasizing the role of elastic collisions and polarization configurations, with potential applications in data processing.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical analysis of collision-induced stimulated photon echoes considering polarization effects and relaxation rates on a 0-1 transition.

Findings

Echo signal depends on elastic collisions and polarization orientation.

Existence of the echo is linked to relaxation rates of alignment and orientation.

Polarization configuration can control the echo's appearance.

Abstract

The stimulated photon echo formed by the sequence of three laser excitation pulses in gaseous medium on the transition with the angular momentum change 0-1 is considered with an account of elastic depolarizing collisions. The polarization properties of this echo may be potentially interesting for the purposes of data processing. It is shown, that with the polarization of the first pulse orthogonal to that of the second and third pulses the appearance of the echo signal will be entirely determined by the action of collisions. The existence of this echo is determined by the difference in the alignment and the orientation relaxation rates of the excited level.