Bright and dark Autler-Townes states in the atomic Rydberg multilevel spectroscopy

Abstract

We investigated the Autler-Townes splitting produced by microwave transitions between atomic Rydberg states explored by optical spectroscopy from the ground electronic state. The laser-atom Hamiltonian describing the double irradiation of such a multilevel system is analysed on the basis of the Morris-Shore transformation. The application of this transformation to the microwave-dressed atomic system allows the identification of bright, dark, and spectator states associated with different configurations of atomic states and microwave polarisation. We derived synthetic spectra that show the main features of Rydberg spectroscopy. Complex Autler-Townes spectra are obtained in a regime of strong microwave dressing, where a hybridisation of the Rydberg fine structure states is produced by the driving.

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