Coherence generation and population transfer in a three-level ladder system

This work explores the effect of spontaneous emission on coherence generation and population transfer in a three- level ladder atomic system driven by two pulses in counterintuitive order. With adiabatic evolution and the weak- dephasing approximation, we find that a large coherence and population transfer can be achieved even with spontaneous decay rate. The maximum coherence and population transfer decrease with the increase of spontaneous decay rate from the highest state to intermediate state. But this effect can be compensated by shortening the pulse width and enlarging the delay time. Results show that the coherence generation and population transfer never depend on the spontaneous decay rate from the intermediate state to ground state. The validity of the analytic solution is examined by numerical calculation.

准Λ型四能级中用非匹配高斯脉冲实现相干布居转移

文章研究用非匹配高斯脉冲实现四能级准Λ型系统中的相干布居转移。从密度矩阵方程出发,对四个态的布居数随时间的演化进行了数值模拟。模拟结果表明,泵浦光场的拉比频率强度和失谐量对布居转移率的影响和探测光场、耦合光场的拉比频率强度及失谐量对布居转移率的影响不同;自发辐射诱导相干(SGC)对布居转移率的影响不大。但当它们选取适当参数的时候,基态的布居几乎可以全部被转移到目标态能级。