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Quantum beats from dressed three-level atoms
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PhysicsField (physics)Radiation fieldUnitary transformationAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsThree levelLower energyElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQuantum beatsQuantum mechanicsSinglet stateElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryAtomic physicsdescription
Abstract By extending a previously developed unitary transformation technique to dress three-level atoms by a strong driving radiation field, we show that quantum beats can be induced by the presence of the driving field also when the decay channels lead from a singlet to a doublet of lower energy. A qualitative explanation of this effect is presented, which is based on the quantum theory of measurement.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-01-01 | Optics Communications |