Experimental investigations of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in a doped solid
Autor: | Fabian Beil, Thomas Halfmann, Jens Klein |
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Rok vydání: | 2008 |
Předmět: |
Condensed Matter::Quantum Gases
Physics Electromagnetically induced transparency Doping Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage Laser Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics law.invention Ion Crystal law Quantum mechanics Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters Atomic physics Adiabatic process Hyperfine structure |
Zdroj: | Physical Review A. 78 |
ISSN: | 1094-1622 1050-2947 |
Popis: | We report on experimental investigations of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) in a ${\mathrm{Pr}}^{3+}:{\mathrm{Y}}_{2}\mathrm{Si}{\mathrm{O}}_{5}$ crystal. STIRAP drives complete, coherent population transfer between two hyperfine levels in the ${\mathrm{Pr}}^{3+}$ ions. We investigate the variation of the STIRAP transfer efficiency with the experimental parameters: e.g., detunings, Rabi frequencies, and pulse delays. In addition, we also observe an alternative and efficient, adiabatic transfer process---i.e., $b$-STIRAP---which occurs for a reversed sequence of laser pulses. We compare the efficiencies and time-resolved transfer dynamics of STIRAP and $b$-STIRAP. The experimental data are supported by numerical simulations, also including the effect of laser frequency jitter. Our experimental data and the numerical simulations provide a clear and convincing demonstration of adiabatic excitations in a solid medium. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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