In this paper we study influences of Doppler broadening, spontaneously generated coherence, and other system parameters on propagation effect in a quasi lambda-type four-level atomic system. It is shown that when the Doppler broadening is present, generally speaking, the values of gain and intensity of lasing without inversion （i.e. the probe field） in the co-propagating probe and driving fields case are much larger than those in the counter-propagating case; considerably larger gain and intensity of lasing without inversion than those without the Doppler broadening can be obtained by choosing appropriate values of the Doppler broadening width and spontaneously generated coherence strength. The gain and intensity of lasing without inversion increase with the increase of spontaneously generated coherence strength; when spontaneously generated coherence is present, much larger gain and intensity of lasing without inversion than those in the case without spontaneously generated coherence can be obtained. Choosing suitable values of the probe detuning, Rabi frequencies of the driving and pump fields at the entrance of the medium also can remarkably enhance the gain and intensity of lasing without inversion.
According to the one-dimensional antiresonance effect （Wang X R, Wang Y and Sun Z Z 2003 Phys. Rev. B 65 193402）, we propose a possible spin-polarized current generation device. Our proposed model consists of one chain and an impurity coupling to the chain. The energy level of the impurity can be occupied by an electron with a specific spin, and the electron with such a spin is blocked because of the antiresonance effect. Based on this phenomenon our model can generate the spin-polarized current flowing through the chain due to different polarization rates. On the other hand, the device can also be used to measure the generated spin accumulation. Our model is feasible with today＇s technology.
In this paper we study the influence of the relative phase between .the probe and driving fields on propagation effect in an open Doppler broadening V-type three-level atomic system with spontaneously generated coherence （SGC） by using the calculation resuk of the density matrix motion equations and the propagation equations of the driving and probe fields. It is shown that the relative phase （Ф） has remarkable periodical influence on the propagation effect, and the period is 2π. By selecting appropriate value of Ф, we can get larger lasing without inversion （LW1） gain and longer propagation distance in which gain exists, and hence obtain higher probe field （i.e. LWI） intensity. When Ф=π/2, the largest LWI gain and probe field intensity can be got. In addition, the atomic exit rate （γ0） and ratio （S） of the atomic injection rates also have a considerable modulation role on the phase-dependent propagation effect. In certain value range of Y0 （S）, LWI gain and probe field intensity increase with γ0 （S） increasing. In the open system, LWI gain and probe field intensity much larger than those in the corresponding closed system can be obtained.
Using numerical solution of the full Maxwell-Bloch equations, which is obtained by the finite-difference time-domain method and the iterative predictor-orrector method, we investigate the modulation effect of relative carrierenvelope phase （hereinafter referred to as the relative phase） on resonant propagation of two-colour femtosecond ultrashort laser pulses in a V-type three-level atomic medium. It is found that the pulse splitting occurs for a smaller value of relative phase; when the value of relative phase increases to a certain value, only the variation of pulse shape is present and the pulse splitting does not occur any more; moreover, when the value of relative phase is smaller, the pulse group velocity is larger. The relative phase also has an obvious effect on population and spectral property. Different population transfers can be realized by adjusting the value of relative phase. Generally speaking, for the pulses with smaller areas their spectral strengths and frequency ranges decrease obviously with the value of relative phase increasing; for the pulses with larger areas, with value of the relative phase increasing, their spectral strengths decrease remarkably but the relative strengths of the higher frequency components increase significantly, while the spectral frequency range is not varied evidently.
