Chinese Physics

Phase shift of the population oscillation and population trapping

Xianzhou Zhang, Hong-Min Jiang, Rao Jianguo, Baiwen Li

Published Sep 28, 2004• 1 citation

Abstract

Using our recently developed time-dependent multilevel approach, we have calculated the phase shift of the population oscillation of the excited potassium atom in frequency-modulated fields when the modulation amplitude is suddenly changed. The numerical results are in good agreement with the measurements. A new way of realizing population trapping is suggested.

DOI: 10.1088/1009-1963/13/10/003

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