Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage with temporal pulselets

Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) is a well established technique whereby two pulses, S preceding P, induce complete population transfer between states 1 and 3 of a three-state chain, 1-2-3. Traditionally, the S and P pulse envelopes are taken as positive (often with Gaussian form of time dependence). However, when the envelope undergoes a sign change during the pulse, as occurs with pulses in which an abrupt phase change of π occurs and whose temporal area (time-integrated Rabi frequency) is zero, then the simple population transfer need not occur. Instead there may occur multiple adiabatic passages, in which the population may ultimately be left in either state 1 (a double STIRAP) or state 3 (a triple STIRAP) or, with suitable pulse delay, in a superposition of these two states. These adiabatic changes offer possibilities to produce final-state probability amplitudes with either positive or negative signs. We here show simulated examples of such behavior, and discuss the adiabatic conditions needed for such excitation to occur.     

Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage via the ionization continuum in helium: Experiment and theory

We experimentally demonstrate coherent population transfer, driven by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) between two bound quantum states, coupled via a continuum of states. We present extended numerical and experimental investigations on population transfer from the metastable state 2s ¹S₀ to the excited state 4s ¹S₀ in metastable helium atoms. While techniques based on incoherent excitation do not permit any population transfer via rapidly decaying continuum states, our data indicate a maximum transfer efficiency of 20% in coherent excitation by STIRAP. We study the transfer efficiency with respect to the relevant experimental parameters.     

Fast optical switching via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

We demonstrate a new approach to fast optical switching with a technique based on stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in which a laser pulse switches the probe field on and off via another coupling pulse. This new kind of optical switching is not limited by the decay rate of an excited state and can operate in the subnanosecond time domain. The experimental observation in Rb atomic vapor is in good agreement with numerical simulations.     

原子-二聚物分子转化系统在受激拉曼绝热过程中的绝热保真度

从原子-二聚物分子转化系统的非U（1）对称性出发,将保真度的定义推广到了非线性系统.并利用绝热保真度定量地研究了原子-二聚物分子转化系统在受激拉曼绝热过程中的动力学和绝热性.研究发现,这个系统的相干布居俘获态——暗态的绝热保真度作为绝热参量的函数以幂律关系趋于1.这个函数关系与线性系统的绝热参量和绝热保真度的幂律关系非常相似,但该系统的幂指数要远小于线性系统的幂指数.此外,还进一步讨论了如何通过优化受激拉曼绝热过程的外部参量得到更高的绝热保真度,从而优化系统的绝热性,提高原子-分子转化效率. 关键词： 原子-二聚物分子转化系统 暗态 受激拉曼绝热过程 绝热保真度     

Population transfer in multilevel system through modified stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) has been successfully extended to multilevel system. During the STIRAP process, the intermediate levels have notable population which is detrimental if these levels could decay to other levels through spontaneous emission. This paper proposes a novel method to reduce the intermediate level population during the STIRAP process. A complete population transfer can be achieved in this modified STIRAP even if the intermediate level decays to other levels.     

里德堡钾原子的布居数在受激拉曼绝热通道中的相干迁移

本文用含时多态展开方法研究了在两束部分重叠的脉冲场驱动下布居数在钾原子量子态中的相干迁移。结果表明，布居数能否实现完全迁移取决于两个脉冲的持续时间和重叠程度，当脉冲的持续时间和重叠合适时，将发生布居数的完全迁移，并形成布居数囚禁。     

Integrability, stability, and adiabaticity in nonlinear stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

We study the dynamics of a two-color photoassociation of atoms into diatomic molecules via nonlinear stimulated Raman adiabatic passage process. The system has a famous counterpart in (linear) quantum mechanics, and has been discussed recently in the context of generalizing the quantum adiabatic theorem to nonlinear systems. Here we use another approach to study adiabaticity and stability in the system: we apply methods of classical Hamiltonian dynamics. We find nonlinear dynamical instabilities, cases of complete integrability, and improved conditions of adiabaticity.     

Efficient generation of short terahertz pulses via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

We have analyzed the efficiency of coherent scattering of infrared radiation in molecular gases for the production of intense, short terahertz (THz) pulses by using stimulated Raman adiabatic passage for the preparation of coherence. We show that coherently driven molecular media potentially yield strong, controllable, short pulses of THz radiation. The pulses have energies ranging from several nanojoules to microjoules and time durations from several femtoseconds to nanoseconds at room temperature.     

Creating a stable molecular condensate using a generalized Raman adiabatic passage scheme

We study the Feshbach resonance assisted stimulated adiabatic passage of an effective coupling field for creating stable molecules from an atomic Bose condensate. By exploring the properties of the coherent population trapping state, we show that, contrary to the previous belief, mean-field shifts need not limit the conversion efficiency as long as one chooses an adiabatic passage route that compensates the collision mean-field phase shifts and avoids the dynamical unstable regime.     

Induction of the maximum Raman coherence in an extended medium through fractional adiabatic passage

The effect of fractional stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in an optically dense medium of three-level Λ atoms is shown to result in the maximum coherence on the Raman transition on a length of the medium that considerably exceeds the length of linear resonant absorption. The general case of unequal oscillator strengths of the adjacent transitions is analyzed. The results are of interest for coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy with delayed pulses.     

Preparing of coherent superposition state in serial multi-A-type system by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

A scheme for creating an arbitrary coherent superposition of two atomic states in serial multi-A-type system is proposed.This technique with the application of a control field is based on the existence of two degenerate dark states and their interaction.The mixing of the dark states can be controlled by changing the relative delay time of the control pulse.One can get any desired superposition by changing the delay time of the control pulse.     

Bose-stimulated raman adiabatic passage in photoassociation

We analyze coherent two-color photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate, focusing on stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) in free-bound-bound transitions from atoms to molecules. This problem raises an interest because STIRAP has been predicted to be absent in the nondegenerate case [Javanainen and Mackie, Phys. Rev. A 58, R789 (1998)]. Nevertheless, we find that Bose stimulation enhances the free-bound dipole matrix element for an atomic condensate, and photoassociative STIRAP turns out to be a viable mechanism for converting an atomic condensate to a molecular condensate with near-unit efficiency.     

Coherence transfer between atomic ground states by the technique of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

We experimentally and theoretically demonstrate that the atomic coherence can be completely transferred or arbitrarily contributed among the different levels in a four-level atomic (tripod) scheme by a group of coupled pulse sequences. This technique can be applied to the information conversion in slow-light storage, quantum logical gates, and so on, which is based on the atomic coherence effect.     

Laser cooling with adiabatic passage for type-II transitions

We extend the idea of laser cooling with adiabatic passage to multi-level type-II transitions. We find the cooling force can be significantly enhanced when a proper magnetic field is applied. That is because the magnetic field decomposes the multi-level system into several two-level sub-systems, hence the stimulated absorption and stimulated emission can occur in order, allowing for the multiple photon momentum transfer. We show that this scheme also works on the laser-coolable molecules with a better cooling effect compared to the conventional Doppler cooling. A reduced dependence on spontaneous emission based on our scheme is observed as well. Our results suggest this scheme is very feasible for laser cooling of polar molecules.     

Preparing of coherent superposition state in serial multi-∧-type system by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

A scheme for creating an arbitrary coherent superposition of two atomic states in serial multi-A-type system is proposed. This technique with the application of a control field is based on the existence of two degenerate dark states and their interaction. The mixing of the dark states can be controlled by changing the relative delay time of the control pulse. One can get any desired superposition by changing the delay time of the control pulse.     

The adiabatic cranking model for large amplitudes

A simple model of slow large scale collective nuclear motion is developed. Starting with the equation for the single-particle density matrix extended by approximate incorporation of particle collisions in the relaxation time approach the classical equation of motion for the collective variables specifying the shape of nuclear surface is derived. The coefficients of equation of motion are related to the microscopic quantities: single-particle energies, occupation numbers, derivatives of s.-p. energies with respect to the deformation parameters. The one- and two-body contributions to the collective mass and friction parameters are discussed.