The Parameters of Adiabatic Rapid Passage in the O-O Hyperfine Transition of (87)Rb.
Abstract
When an electromagnetic field, coupling two levels of an atomic or molecular system, has its frequency swept across resonance, population reversal can occur as a result of the coherent transient phenomenon known as adiabatic rapid passage (ARP). For this phenomenon to occur, the frequency sweep rate is required to be rapid with respect to the relaxation processes occuring in the system, and at the same time slow enough so that the system can follow the frequency sweep adiabatically. The present investigations treat ARP in the 87Rb hyperfine transition, where optical pumping produces a population imbalance in the ground-state hyperfine levels, and where the influence of a microwave frequency swept across the hyperfine resonance is monitored by the transmitted intensity of the optical pumping laser. These parameters relate to how adiabatic and how rapid the passage through resonance must be in order to maximize the degree of population reversal. We find both experimentally and theoretically that the adiabaticity requirement is rather weak, and that once satisfied, it is more important to pass through the resonance rapidly. Furthermore, interpreting our results in the Bloch vector model f ARP, we find that the Block vector is only required to precess a half revolution about the effective field in order to follow a 90 degree change in the direction of that field. The applicability of the present results of ARP in general is discussed. Originator supplied keywords include: Adiabatic rapid passage, Atomic line shapes, Quantum mechanics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 24, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA158562
Entities
People
- James C. Camparo
- Robert P. Frueholz
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation