Influence of the atomic-wall collision elasticity on the coherent population trapping resonance shape

We studied theoretically a coherent population trapping resonance formation in a cylindrical cell without buffer gas irradiated by a narrow laser beam. We take into account non-zero probabilities of elastic (‘specular’) and inelastic (‘sticking’) collisions between the atom and the cell wall. We have developed a theoretical model based on averaging over the random Ramsey pulse sequences of times that the atom spent in and out of the beam. It is shown that the shape of the coherent population trapping resonance line depends on the probability of elastic collision.