Examples Gallery

All examples at a glance. Jump to the detailed pages via Two-level, Three-level, or Hyperfine Structure.

Example	Scheme	Phenomenon
Two-Level: Weak Pulse through Few Atoms	2-level	Beer-Lambert absorption, few atoms
Two-Level: Weak Pulse	2-level	Beer-Lambert absorption
Two-Level: Weak Pulse through More Atoms	2-level	Beer-Lambert absorption, high OD
Two-Level: Weak Pulse with Decay	2-level	Beer-Lambert absorption with decay
Two-Level: Weak Pulse through More Atoms with Decay	2-level	Beer-Lambert absorption, high OD, decay
Two-Level: Weak CW with Decay	2-level	CW absorption with decay
Two-Level: Weak CW through More Atoms with Decay	2-level	CW absorption, high OD, decay
Two-Level: Weak Square Pulse with Decay	2-level	Square pulse absorption with decay
Two-Level: Gaussian Pulse 0.8π	2-level	Sub-π Gaussian pulse: absorption
Two-Level: Gaussian Pulse 1.8π	2-level	Near-2π Gaussian pulse: area reshaping
Two-Level: Sech Pulse 2π — Self-Induced Transparency	2-level	Self-Induced Transparency — 2π soliton
Two-Level: Sech Pulse 4π — Pulse Breakup	2-level	SIT — 4π pulse breakup into two solitons
Two-Level: Sech Pulse 6π — Pulse Breakup	2-level	SIT — 6π pulse breakup into three solitons
Two-Level: Collision of Two 2π Pulses	2-level	Collision of two 2π solitons
Two-Level: Odd-π Sech Pulses — Area Theorem	2-level	Area theorem: 1π, 3π, 5π instability
Two-Level: Two-Pulse Photon Echo	2-level	Photon echo: inhomogeneous dephasing, rephasing, T₂ measurement
Λ-Type Three-Level: Weak Pulse, No Coupling	Λ	Weak probe, no coupling — two-level-like absorption
Λ-Type Three-Level: Weak Pulse, With Coupling	Λ	EIT transparency window, slow light
Λ-Type Three-Level: Weak Pulse with Coupling in a Cloud — Pulse Compression	Λ	EIT pulse compression in a dense cloud
Λ-Type Three-Level: Weak Pulse with Time-Dependent Coupling in a Cloud — Storage and Retrieval	Λ	Light storage and retrieval
Λ-Type Three-Level: Coherent Population Trapping (CPT)	Λ	Coherent Population Trapping (CPT) dark resonance
Λ-Type Three-Level: Adiabatons	Λ	Adiabatons: adiabatic ground-state population transfer
V-Type Three-Level: 0.5π Sech Pulse, 0.5π Coupling	V	Weak simulton: both fields absorbed
V-Type Three-Level: 0.5π Sech Pulse, 1.5π Coupling — Simulton Propagation	V	Simulton propagation: 0.5π probe, 1.5π coupling
V-Type Three-Level: √2π Sech Pulse, √2π Coupling	V	√2π simulton formation
V-Type Three-Level: √8π Sech Pulse, √8π Coupling	V	√8π simulton soliton formation
V-Type Three-Level: √18π Sech Pulse, √18π Coupling	V	√18π simulton: three-soliton breakup
V-Type Three-Level: Solitons form Simulton	V	Simulton soliton collision
V-Type Three-Level: Weak CW, √2π Coupling: Optical Surfer	V	Optical surfer: 2π soliton on a CW background
V-Type Three-Level: Weak CW, √4π Coupling: Double Optical Surfer	V	Double optical surfer: 4π soliton on a CW background
Ladder-Type Three-Level: Weak Pulse with Coupling — EIT	Ξ	EIT with weak probe and decay
Three-Level Ladder (Ξ): Autler–Townes Splitting	Ξ	Autler-Townes splitting vs coupling strength
Hyperfine Structure: Weak Pulse, q=1, Decay — Optical Pumping	Rb87 D1	σ⁺ optical pumping, F=1→F’=1
Hyperfine Structure: Sech Pulse 2π, q=1 — Self-Induced Transparency	Rb87 D1	SIT 2π soliton with hyperfine structure
Rb 87 D2: Cycling Transition, σ⁺ Optical Pumping	Rb87 D2	σ⁺ optical pumping, F=2→F’=3 cycling transition