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arXiv:0911.4615

Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in the field of finite duration pulses

M. Gromovyi, V. I. Romanenko, Леонід Петрович Яценко

Published Nov 24, 2009• 0 citations
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Abstract

The theory of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in a three-level Lambda-scheme of the interaction of an atom or molecule with light, which takes the nonadiabatic processes at the beginning and the end of light pulses into account, is developed.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.0911.4615

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