#################### Three-level #################### *************************************** Λ Configuration: EIT, CPT & Adiabatons *************************************** A probe field on one transition and a coupling field on the other create a dark state decoupled from the excited level. Phenomena include slow light, electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), coherent population trapping (CPT), light storage and retrieval, and adiabatic population transfer (adiabatons). .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 mbs-lambda-weak-pulse-more-atoms-no-coupling mbs-lambda-weak-pulse-more-atoms-with-coupling mbs-lambda-weak-pulse-cloud-atoms-with-coupling mbs-lambda-weak-pulse-cloud-atoms-with-coupling-store mbs-lambda-cpt mbs-lambda-adiabatons ******************************************* V Configuration: Matched Pulses & Simultons ******************************************* Two fields share the same excited state. When the combined pulse areas satisfy the V-system area theorem, the fields lock together into shape-preserving **simulton** solutions that propagate without loss. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 mbs-vee-sech-0.5pi-0.5pi mbs-vee-sech-0.5pi-1.5pi mbs-vee-sech-sqrt2pi-sqrt2pi mbs-vee-sech-sqrt8pi-sqrt8pi mbs-vee-sech-sqrt18pi-sqrt18pi mbs-vee-sech-sqrt8pi-sqrt8pi-collision mbs-vee-weak-cw-sech-2pi mbs-vee-weak-cw-sech-4pi ******************************************************* Ladder (Ξ) Configuration: EIT, Autler-Townes & Rydberg ******************************************************* A probe drives the lower transition and a coupling field drives the upper transition, creating two-photon coherence between ground and top state. Phenomena include EIT, Autler-Townes dressed-state splitting, and Doppler-narrowed Rydberg EIT in thermal vapour. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 mbs-ladder-weak-pulse-coupling-decay mbs-ladder-autler-townes