Influence of Unequal Oscillator Strenghts on Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage through Bright State

The problem of the coherent control of atomic states, preparation of atoms in a stable superposition state, and atomic population transfer has attracted much attention in the last decade. One of the main motivations is associated with the rapid development of the field of quantum computing. One of the key problems of quantum information processing is the construction of given coherent superposition atomic states in a macroscopic volume. Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) [1] is considered to be the most common method for atomic population transfer in quantum systems. Being analyzed in detail on various quantum systems from both theoretical and experimental points of view, this meth…

Laser Pulse Storage and Population Transfer in Solids Without Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

Storage of optical pulses in solids despite fast relaxation.

Rotational excitation with femtosecond pulses : from high resolution spectroscopy to molecular alignment

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