Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in the field of finite duration pulses

TL;DR

This paper develops a theoretical framework for stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) in three-level systems, accounting for nonadiabatic effects at pulse edges, enhancing understanding of quantum state transfer with finite-duration pulses.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive theory of STIRAP that includes nonadiabatic processes at the start and end of finite-duration pulses, improving upon previous models.

Findings

Enhanced understanding of nonadiabatic effects in STIRAP

Improved modeling of finite-duration pulse interactions

Potential applications in quantum control and information processing

Abstract

The theory of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in a three-level Lambda-scheme of the interaction of an atom or molecule with light, which takes the nonadiabatic processes at the beginning and the end of light pulses into account, is developed.