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Optimal control of population and coherence in three-level Λ systems

Praveen Kumar, Svetlana Malinovskaya, Vladimir S. Malinovsky

Published Aug 17, 2016• 25 citations
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Abstract

Optimal control theory implementations for an efficient population transfer and creation of a maximum coherence in three-level system are considered. We demonstrate that the half-STIRAP (stimulated Raman adiabatic passage) scheme for creation of the maximum Raman coherence is the optimal solution according to the optimal control theory. We also present a comparative study of several implementations of optimal control theory applied to the complete population transfer and creation of the maximum coherence. Performance of the conjugate gradient method, the Zhu-Rabitz method and the Krotov method has been analyzed.

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