Abstract
We study a washboard potential in a light-driven ensemble of three-level atoms induced by the externally appliedmagnetic fields under electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). We find that a dark-state polariton, which is formed by an atomic ensemble dressed by the photon can display a typical quantum interference effect (i.e., the quasiparticle Bloch oscillation). The dark-state polariton is subjected to a washboard configuration potential with a spatially uniform force and a periodic potential provided by the linearly and periodically external magnetic fields, respectively. Due to the slower group velocity of the photons in the EIT medium, the period of Bloch oscillation can achieve a millisecond order of magnitude. Also, in our protocol, the Bloch oscillation of the dark-state polariton is feasibly modulated through the applied control and magnetic fields.
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