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Coherent laser-millimeter-wave interactions en route to coherent population transfer

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Zhou, Yan; Grimes, David Darrah; Barnum, Timothy James; Colombo, Anthony P; Field, Robert W
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Abstract
We demonstrate coherent two-photon population transfer to Rydberg states of barium atoms using a combination of a pulsed dye laser and a chirped-pulse millimeter-wave spectrometer. Numerical calculations, using a density matrix formalism, reproduce our experimental results and explain the factors responsible for the observed fractional population transferred, optimal experimental conditions, and possibilities for future improvements. The long coherence times associated with the millimeter-wave radiation aid in creating coherence between the ground state and Rydberg states, but higher-coherence laser sources are required to achieve stimulated Raman adiabatic passage and for applications to molecules.
Date issued
2017-10
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115168
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Journal
Journal of Chemical Physics
Publisher
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Citation
Grimes, David D. et al. “Coherent Laser-Millimeter-Wave Interactions En Route to Coherent Population Transfer.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 147, 14 (October 2017): 144201
Version: Final published version
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0021-9606
1089-7690

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