Selective ultrafast control of multi-level quantum systems by subcycle and unipolar pulses

verfasst von

Rostislav Arkhipov, Anton Pakhomov, Mikhail Arkhipov, Ayhan Demircan, Uwe Morgner, Nikolay Rosanov, Ihar Babushkin

Abstract

The most typical way to optically control population of atomic and molecular systems is to illuminate them with radiation, resonant to the relevant transitions. Here we consider a possibility to control populations with the subcycle and even unipolar pulses, containing less than one oscillation of electric field. Despite the spectrum of such pulses covers several levels at once, we show that it is possible to selectively excite the levels of our choice by varying the driving pulse shape, duration or time delay between consecutive pulses. The pulses which are not unipolar, but have a peak of electric field of one polarity much higher (and shorter) than of the opposite one, are also capable for such control.

Organisationseinheit(en)

PhoenixD: Simulation, Fabrikation und Anwendung optischer Systeme
Institut für Quantenoptik

Externe Organisation(en)

Staatliche Universität Sankt Petersburg
St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO)
RAS - Ioffe Physico Technical Institute
Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (MBI)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Optics express

Band

28

Seiten

17020-17034

Anzahl der Seiten

15

ISSN

1094-4087

Publikationsdatum

21.05.2020

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Atom- und Molekularphysik sowie Optik

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.393142 (Zugang: Offen)