STIRAP-like transitions in a harmonically-modulated optical lattice
Quantum Physics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We introduce a method for the coherent acceleration of atoms trapped in an optical lattice, using the well-known model for stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP). Specifically, we show that small harmonic modulations of the optical lattice amplitude, with frequencies tuned to the eigenvalue spacings of three "unperturbed" eigenstates, reveals a three-state STIRAP subsystem. We use this model to realize an experimentally achievable method for transferring trapped atoms from stationary to motional eigenstates.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0702232,
title = {STIRAP-like transitions in a harmonically-modulated optical lattice},
author = {Benjamin P. Holder and Linda E. Reichl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0702232},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
29 pages, 5 figures; Submitted to Phys. Rev. A, 2/26/07