Piecewise adiabatic population transfer in a molecule via a wave packet

Evgeny A. Shapiro, Avi Pe'Er, Jun Ye, Moshe Shapiro

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Abstract

We propose a class of schemes for robust population transfer between quantum states that utilize trains of coherent pulses, thus forming a generalized adiabatic passage via a wave packet. We study piecewise stimulated Raman adiabatic passage with pulse-to-pulse amplitude variation, and piecewise chirped Raman passage with pulse-to-pulse phase variation, implemented with an optical frequency comb. In the context of production of ultracold ground-state molecules, we show that with almost no knowledge of the excited potential, robust high-efficiency transfer is possible.

Original languageEnglish
Article number023601
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume101
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Jul 2008
Externally publishedYes

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