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Optimal control of population and coherence in three-level $\Lambda$ systems

Quantum Physics 2015-05-28 v1 Chemical Physics

Abstract

Optimal control theory implementations for an efficient population transfer and creation of a maximum coherence in three-level system are considered. We demonstrate that the half-STIRAP (stimulated Raman adiabatic passage) scheme for creation of the maximum Raman coherence is the optimal solution according to the optimal control theory. We also present a comparative study of several implementations of optimal control theory applied to the complete population transfer and creation of the maximum coherence. Performance of the conjugate gradient method, the Zhu-Rabitz method and the Krotov method has been analyzed.

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@article{arxiv.1104.4639,
  title  = {Optimal control of population and coherence in three-level $\Lambda$ systems},
  author = {Praveen Kumar and Svetlana A. Malinovskaya and Vladimir S. Malinovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.4639},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages, 6 figures

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