Coherent control of two-photon transitions in a two-level system with broadband absorption

  • Shian Zhang
  • , Hui Zhang
  • , Tianqing Jia
  • , Zugeng Wang
  • , Zhenrong Sun*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Multiphoton transition probability can be manipulated by tailoring the ultrashort laser pulses. In this paper, we theoretically and experimentally investigate the influence of the absorption bandwidth and line shape on the coherent control of two-photon transitions in two-level system by manipulating the femtosecond laser pulse with the π spectral phase step. A coherent feature with a coherent peak and two coherent dips can be achieved if the absorption bandwidth is less than twice of the laser spectral bandwidth. The absorption bandwidth decides the coherent peak or dip intensity, and the absorption line shape affects the symmetry of the two coherent dips.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043402
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume80
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Oct 2009

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