The theory of polarization shift of quantum levels

Marco W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw, L. Allen +1 more

We report experimental observation of multiphoton resonances and Bloch-Siegert shifts in a strongly driven classical two-level system. The system is an optical ring resonator, and the levels are two orthogonal linear polarizations. The Rabi frequency and the Bloch-Siegert shift were measured for both the one- and three-photon cases. Satisfactory agreement was achieved with theory developed for a quantum two-level system. The experiment demonstrates that these coherence phenomena can be observed in a purely classical system.

Gunnar G. Bjork, Jonas Söderholm, Luis Lorenzo Sánchez-Soto +4 more

Behnam Nikoobakht

The analytic derivation of the dynamic Stark shift of hydrogenic energy levels in the presence of the circularly polarized laser light is presented. We use the classical framework with considering an adiabatically damped laser+atom interaction and an approach relies on time-independent perturbation theory with a second-quantized laser+atom dipole interaction Hamiltonian. We thus investigate the excitation process in atomic hydrogen or in a hydrogen like ion with low nuclear charge number in the presence of the circularly polarized laser light. The derived formula for the dynamic AC Stark shift of hydrogenic energy levels using these two methods are shown to be same in the limit of large photon numbers.

Muhammad Idrees, Muhib Ullah, Li‐Gang Wang

The role of a chiral quantum-dot molecule (QDM) system in controlling and enhancing the Goos-H\"anchen (GH) shift is revealed here. The proposed setup is a four-level atomic system excited by incoherent pump and probe fields where the electron tunneling is prominent in affecting the GH shift upon the reflection and transmission of probe beams. The GH shifts in the chiral QDM system are calculated analytically by using stationary phase theory, whereas the dynamics of the quantum-dot system are derived by the density-matrix method. It is demonstrated that the GH shifts through transmission and reflection light beams are strongly influenced due to right-circularly polarized (RCP) and left-circularly polarized light. The GH shifts through RCP light are enhanced in the presence of chiral QDM systems, and these shifts could become either highly negative or highly positive, sensitively depending on the electron tunneling and chiral coefficients. This proposal can be viewed as a theoretical approach to the potential application of GH shifts in nano-optoelectronic sensors.

Alfredo Luis