The analytic solution of the Bloch equations in the secular approximation for a two level atom driven off-resonance by an intense amplitude modulated field is presented. The dependence of the atomic population inversion on the longitudinal and transverse lifetimes is investigated.
The dynamic Stark effect on the dynamical behaviors of atom and squeezed state field in-two-photon processes is studied by a model consisting of an effective two-level atom with multiple levels and quantized field with single mode. The dynamic Stark effect will cause the decreasing of the revival amplitude and the shortening of the period of the atomic Rabi osoillation of inversion, and the increasing the speed of energy exchange of an atom with the field. This is favorable to the enhancement of the photon antibunching and the narrowing of the Poisson distribution of photons. However, it will make the squeezing of field to decrease, even disappear.
The Schrodinger equation for the interaction of a decaying two-level atom with an external oscillating field is separated via a series of matrix transformations into a time independent and a time dependent part; the former yields the radiofrequency Stark shift for decaying states, the latter is normally negligible for atomic beam resonance experiments. In the limit of stable states, or for the case of two levels of equal lifetime, the shift reduces to that of the Bloch-Siegert effect. Exact analytical expressions for the state amplitudes are obtained for the case when the time dependent matrix can be neglected; the resulting transition probabilities are investigated as functions of frequency, time, and interaction strength and are compared with the rotating field theory and the exact numerical solutions.
The parametric resonances and the quasi-level structure of an atom strongly driven by a near-resonant amplitude-modulated optical field are studied theoretically. An approximate analytical solution of the density-matrix equations of motion is obtained for two-level and three-level atoms. Based on this solution the quasi-level shifts are analyzed, and the conditions for the quasi-levels to cross each other are derived. Expressions are given for the probe-wave absorption/gain spectrum near the parametric resonance and far from it. It is pointed out that the parametric resonances appear when the pumping field sidebands are tuned to resonance with some transitions among the quasi-levels.