Phase control of six-wave mixing from circularly polarized light

Abstract We investigate the phase control of six-wave mixing (SWM) in atomic system with multi-Zeeman levels theoretically and experimentally. With the relative phase varying, the switch between bright and dark state can appear in probe transmission signal. Then we demonstrate the evolution of six-wave mixing generated in bright and dark states by scanning the frequency detuning of the dressing field at different polarized probe field. Meanwhile, by utilizing the strong dressing effect of circular polarized light, we observe pure dark state switched to pure bright state in terms of energy level splitting, and compare different phases under different detuning of circularly polarized light. Theoretical calculations are in well agreement with the experimental observations.