TY - JOUR
T1 - Piecewise adiabatic population transfer in a molecule via a wave packet
AU - Shapiro, Evgeny A.
AU - Pe'Er, Avi
AU - Ye, Jun
AU - Shapiro, Moshe
PY - 2008/7/11
Y1 - 2008/7/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.023601
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.023601
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C2 - 18764181
AN - SCOPUS:47049100142
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 101
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 2
M1 - 023601
ER -