Multilevel adiabatic population transfer

Journal Article · Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review A. General Physics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.44.7442· OSTI ID:5552291

Shore, B W ^[1]; Bergmann, K ^[2]; Oreg, J ^[3]; Rosenwaks, S ^[4]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Cal. (United States)
2. Physics Department, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserlautern 6750 (Germany)
3. Nuclear Research Center of the Negev, Beer Sheva (Israel)
4. Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105 (Israel)

We present a theoretical description of a scheme in which coordinated laser pulses transfer population efficiently from any initially populated state (e.g., the ground state) to a multiply excited state of an atom or molecule without producing appreciable population in intermediate states. Our analytic results for multilevel excitation transfer provide a simple yet instructive extension to the counterintuitive pulse sequence studied previously for a three-state system.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5552291
• Journal Information: Physical Review A. General Physics; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review A. General Physics; (United States) Vol. 44:11; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ADIABATIC PROCESSES
ATOMS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
IRRADIATION
LASERS
MOLECULES
MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS
PULSED IRRADIATION