Unipolar subcycle pulse-driven nonresonant excitation of quantum systems

authored by

R. M. Arkhipov, A. V. Pakhomov, M. V. Arkhipov, Ihar Babushkin, Ayhan Demircan, Uwe Morgner, N. N. Rosanov

Abstract

The interaction of subcycle pulses with quantum systems is considered when the pulse duration becomes much smaller than the timescales of electron oscillations. We show analytically that the interaction process in this case is governed by the electric pulse area. The efficient nonresonant excitation of quantum systems by subcycle pulses with a high degree of unipolarity is demonstrated. The results are confirmed by direct numerical solution of multilevel Bloch equations.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Quantum Optics
PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines

External Organisation(s)

Saint Petersburg State University
St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO)
S.I. Vavilov State Optical Institute
RAS - Ioffe Physico Technical Institute
Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy im Forschungsbund Berlin e.V. (MBI)

Type

Article

Journal

Optics Letters

Volume

44

Pages

1202-1205

No. of pages

4

ISSN

0146-9592

Publication date

01.03.2019

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.44.001202 (Access: Closed)