We present a general formalism for describing stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in a multilevel atom. The atom is assumed to have two ground state manifolds $a$ and $b$ and an excited state manifold $e$ , and the adiabatic passage is carried out by resonantly driving the $a\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ and $b\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ transitions with time-dependent fields. Our formalism gives a complete description of the adiabatic passage process and can be applied to systems with arbitrary numbers of degenerate states in each manifold and arbitrary couplings of the $a\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ and $b\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ transitions. We illustrate the formalism by applying it to both a simple toy model and to adiabatic passage in the cesium atom.We present a general formalism for describing stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in a multilevel atom. The atom is assumed to have two ground state manifolds $a$ and $b$ and an excited state manifold $e$, and the adiabatic passage is carried out by resonantly driving the $a\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ and $b\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ transitions with time-dependent fields. Our formalism gives a complete description of the adiabatic passage process and can be applied to systems with arbitrary numbers of degenerate states in each manifold and arbitrary couplings of the $a\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ and $b\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ transitions. We illustrate the formalism by applying it to both a simple toy model and to adiabatic passage in the cesium atom.

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Atom lithography with two-dimensional optical masks

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Stark-Chirped Rapid Adiabatic Passage in a Multilevel Atom

Milan Radonjić, B. M. Jelenkovic

We generalize Stark-chirped rapid adiabatic passage to the case of a multilevel atom.The atom is assumed to have two ground state levels g and f and an excited level e.The adiabatic passage is carried out by resonantly driving the g-e and f -e transitions with time-dependent pump and Stokes fields in the presence of strong far-off-resonant Stark field.Our formalism determines the states that participate in population transfer and is applicable to systems with arbitrary numbers of degenerate states in each level and arbitrary couplings of the g-e and f -e transitions.We give an application to adiabatic passage in Rb atom.We generalize Stark-chirped rapid adiabatic passage to the case of a multilevel atom.The atom is assumed to have two ground state levels g and f and an excited level e.The adiabatic passage is carried out by resonantly driving the g-e and f -e transitions with time-dependent pump and Stokes fields in the presence of strong far-off-resonant Stark field.Our formalism determines the states that participate in population transfer and is applicable to systems with arbitrary numbers of degenerate states in each level and arbitrary couplings of the g-e and f -e transitions.We give an application to adiabatic passage in Rb atom.

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Joseph H. Thywissen

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We present a general formalism for describing stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in a multilevel atom. The atom is assumed to have two ground state manifolds

a

and

b

and an excited state manifold

e

, and the adiabatic passage is carried out by resonantly driving the $a\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ and $b\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ transitions with time-dependent fields. Our formalism gives a complete description of the adiabatic passage process and can be applied to systems with arbitrary numbers of degenerate states in each manifold and arbitrary couplings of the $a\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ and $b\text{\ensuremath{-}}e$ transitions. We illustrate the formalism by applying it to both a simple toy model and to adiabatic passage in the cesium atom.