Coherent Population Trapping with High Common-Mode Noise Rejection Using Differential Detection of Simultaneous Dark and Bright Resonances

Abstract

Coherent manipulation of atomic states is highly desirable in numerous applications spanning from fundamental physics to metrology. In this study, we propose and demonstrate, theoretically and experimentally, the simultaneous observation in a vapor cell of dark and bright resonances that provide, through a differential-detection stage, an output coherent-population-trapping atomic resonance that benefits from a doubled amplitude and high common-mode noise rejection. This advanced spectroscopic scheme might be of interest for the development of high-performance vapor-cell atomic clocks, sensors, or high-resolution spectroscopy experiments.