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arXiv:1807.05086 · Physical Review A

Multiphoton Raman transitions and Rabi oscillations in driven spin systems

A. P. Saǐko, Siarhei A. Markevich, Ryhor Fedaruk

Published Oct 5, 2018• 24 citations
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Abstract

In the framework of the nonsecular perturbation theory based on the Bogoliubov averaging method, the coherent dynamics of multiphoton Raman transitions in a two-level spin system driven by an amplitude-modulated microwave field is studied. Closed-form expressions for the Rabi frequencies of these transitions are obtained beyond the rotating-wave approximation for the low-frequency driving component. It is shown that spin states dressed by the high-frequency component of the driving field are shifted due to the Bloch-Siegert-like effect caused by antiresonant interactions with the strong low-frequency driving. We predict that with increasing the order of the Raman transition, the Rabi frequency decreases and the contribution of the Bloch-Siegert shift to this frequency becomes dominant. It is found that the amplitude and phase of the Rabi oscillations strongly depend on the initial phase of the low-frequency field as well as on detuning from multiphoton resonance. The recent experimental data for the second- and third-order Raman transitions observed for the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond (Z. Shu et al., arXiv:1804.10492) are well described in the frame of our approach. Our results may provide new possibilities for coherent control of quantum systems.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.98.043814

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We study Rabi oscillations of the second-order Raman transition realized on dressed states of a qubit excited by an amplitude-modulated microwave field. The co-rotating component of the ultrastrong low-frequency modulation field excites virtual multiple photon processes between the dressed states and forms the Rabi frequency in the so-called rotating wave approximation. The counter-rotating modulation component also gives a significant contribution to the Rabi frequency owing to the Bloch-Siegert effect. It is shown that for properly chosen parameters of the modulation field and qubit, the Rabi oscillations in the rotating wave approximation vanish due to destructive interference of multiple photon processes. In this case the Rabi oscillation results exclusively from the Bloch-Siegert effect and is directly observed in the time-resolved coherent dynamics as the Bloch-Siegert oscillation. Correspondingly, in Fourier spectra of the coherent response, triplets are transformed into doublets with the splitting between the lines equal to twice the Bloch-Siegert shift. We demonstrate these features by calculations of the qubit’s evolution in the conditions of experiments with a NV center in diamond, where Raman transitions were observed. The direct observation of the Bloch-Siegert oscillation offers new possibilities for studying driven quantum systems in the ultastrong regime.
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Quantum systems driven by strong oscillating fields are the source of many interesting physical phenomena. In this work, we experimentally study the dynamics of a two-level system of a single spin driven in the strong-driving regime where the rotating-wave approximation is not valid. This two-level system is a subsystem of a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond coupled to a first-shell 13C^{13}\mathrm{C}13C nuclear spin at a level anticrossing point. This near degeneracy occurs in the ${m}_{s}=\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1$ manifold of the electron spin when the energy level splitting between the ${m}_{s}=\ensuremath{-}1$ and +1+1+1 states due to the static magnetic field is $\ensuremath{\approx}127$ MHz and thus equal to the splitting due to the 13C^{13}\mathrm{C}13C hyperfine interaction. The transition frequency of this electron spin two-level system in a static magnetic field of 28.9 G is 1.7 MHz and it can be driven only by the component of the radio-frequency (RF) field along the NV symmetry axis. Electron spin Rabi frequencies in this system can reach tens of MHz even for moderate RF powers. The simple sinusoidal Rabi oscillations that occur when the amplitude of the driving field is small compared to the transition frequency evolve into complex patterns when the driving field amplitude is comparable to or greater than the energy level splitting. We observe that the system oscillates faster than the amplitude of the driving field and the response of the system shows multiple frequencies.
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