Stimulated Raman transitions via multiple atomic levels
Stimulated Raman transitions via multiple atomic levels
We consider the stimulated Raman transition between two long-lived states via multiple intermediate states, such as between hyperfine ground states in the alkali-metal atoms. We present a concise treatment of the general, multilevel, off-resonant case, and we show how the lightshift emerges naturally in this approach. We illustrate our results by application to alkali-metal atoms and we make specific reference to cesium. We comment on some artifacts, due solely to the geometrical overlap of states, which are relevant to existing experiments.
quantum physics, physics - atomic physics
043808-[8pp]
Bateman, James
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Xuereb, Andre
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Freegarde, Tim
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April 2010
Bateman, James
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Xuereb, Andre
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Freegarde, Tim
01a5f53b-d406-44fb-a166-d8da9128ea7d
Bateman, James, Xuereb, Andre and Freegarde, Tim
(2010)
Stimulated Raman transitions via multiple atomic levels.
Physical Review A, 81 (4), .
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.81.043808).
Abstract
We consider the stimulated Raman transition between two long-lived states via multiple intermediate states, such as between hyperfine ground states in the alkali-metal atoms. We present a concise treatment of the general, multilevel, off-resonant case, and we show how the lightshift emerges naturally in this approach. We illustrate our results by application to alkali-metal atoms and we make specific reference to cesium. We comment on some artifacts, due solely to the geometrical overlap of states, which are relevant to existing experiments.
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Published date: April 2010
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quantum physics, physics - atomic physics
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