Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in physics, chemistry and beyond
| Autor: | Andon A. Rangelov, Klaas Bergmann, Bruce W. Shore, Nikolay V. Vitanov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Physics
Quantum Physics Cavity quantum electrodynamics Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage General Physics and Astronomy FOS: Physical sciences 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences symbols.namesake Quantum state Quantum mechanics 0103 physical sciences Rydberg formula symbols Atom optics Spontaneous emission Atomic physics Quantum information 010306 general physics 0210 nano-technology Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Optomechanics |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1605.00224 |
| Popis: | The technique of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP), which allows efficient and selective population transfer between quantum states without suffering loss due to spontaneous emission, was introduced in 1990 (Gaubatz \emph{et al.}, J. Chem. Phys. \textbf{92}, 5363, 1990). Since then STIRAP has emerged as an enabling methodology with widespread successful applications in many fields of physics, chemistry and beyond. This article reviews the many applications of STIRAP emphasizing the developments since 2000, the time when the last major review on the topic was written (Vitanov \emph{et al.}, Adv. At. Mol. Opt. Phys. \textbf{46}, 55, 2001). A brief introduction into the theory of STIRAP and the early applications for population transfer within three-level systems is followed by the discussion of several extensions to multi-level systems, including multistate chains and tripod systems. The main emphasis is on the wide range of applications in atomic and molecular physics (including atom optics, cavity quantum electrodynamics, formation of ultracold molecules, precision experiments, etc.), quantum information (including single- and two-qubit gates, entangled-state preparation, etc.), solid-state physics (including processes in doped crystals, nitrogen-vacancy centers, superconducting circuits, etc.), and even some applications in classical physics (including waveguide optics, frequency conversion, polarization optics, etc.). Promising new prospects for STIRAP are also presented (including processes in optomechanics, detection of parity violation in molecules, spectroscopy of core-nonpenetrating Rydberg states, and population transfer with X-ray pulses). Comment: review article, 72 pages, to appear in Reviews of Modern Physics |
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