Broadband adiabatic conversion of light polarization

Rangelov, Andon A.; Gaubatz, U.; Vitanov, Nikolay V.

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2010.06.027

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“…1 of Hamam et al (2009). where Ω is the birefringence vector of the medium. The analogue process of STIRAP allows efficient rotation or/and conversion of light polarization, which is achromatic and robust to variations in the propagation length and the rotary power (Rangelov et al, 2010).…”

Section: B Polarization Opticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in physics, chemistry, and beyond

Vitanov¹,

Rangelov²,

Shore³

et al. 2017

Rev. Mod. Phys.

742

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The technique of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP), which allows efficient and selective population transfer between quantum states without suffering loss due to spontaneous emission, was introduced in 1990 (Gaubatz et al., J. Chem. Phys. 92, 5363, 1990). Since then STIRAP has emerged as an enabling methodology with widespread successful applications in many fields of physics, chemistry and beyond. This article reviews the many applications of STIRAP emphasizing the developments since 2000, the time when the last major review on the topic was written (Vitanov et al., Adv. At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 46, 55, 2001). A brief introduction into the theory of STIRAP and the early applications for population transfer within three-level systems is followed by the discussion of several extensions to multilevel systems, including multistate chains and tripod systems. The main emphasis is on the wide range of applications in atomic and molecular physics (including atom optics, cavity quantum electrodynamics, formation of ultracold molecules, etc.), quantum information (including single-and two-qubit gates, entangled-state preparation, etc.), solid-state physics (including processes in doped crystals, nitrogen-vacancy centers, superconducting circuits, semiconductor quantum dots and wells), and even some applications in classical physics (including waveguide optics, polarization optics, frequency conversion, etc.). Promising new prospects for STIRAP are also presented (including processes in optomechanics, precision experiments, detection of parity violation in molecules, spectroscopy of core-nonpenetrating Rydberg states, population transfer with X-ray pulses, etc.).

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Section: B Polarization Opticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in physics, chemistry, and beyond

Vitanov¹,

Rangelov²,

Shore³

et al. 2017

Rev. Mod. Phys.

742

717

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“…137 • Broadband polarisation conversion inspired by STI-RAP. 138 • Various STIRAP analogs in classical physics. 139 • STIRAP-inspired wireless energy transfer.…”

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Perspective: Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage: The status after 25 years

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Vitanov

Shore

2015

The Journal of Chemical Physics

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The first presentation of the STIRAP (stimulated Raman adiabatic passage) technique with proper theoretical foundation and convincing experimental data appeared 25 years ago, in the May 1st, 1990 issue of The Journal of Chemical Physics. By now, the STIRAP concept has been successfully applied in many different fields of physics, chemistry, and beyond. In this article, we comment briefly on the initial motivation of the work, namely, the study of reaction dynamics of vibrationally excited small molecules, and how this initial idea led to the documented success. We proceed by providing a brief discussion of the physics of STIRAP and how the method was developed over the years, before discussing a few examples from the amazingly wide range of applications which STIRAP now enjoys, with the aim to stimulate further use of the concept. Finally, we mention some promising future directions.

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“…the elliptical polarization is described by the points between the poles and the equatorial plane. The polarization evolution obeys the following torque equation for the Stokes polarization vector [9][10][11]15]:…”

Section: A Stokes Polarization Vectormentioning

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Propagation of light polarization in a birefringent medium: Exact analytic models

Genov

Rangelov

Vitanov

2011

Optics Communications

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Driving the analogy between the coherent excitation of a two-state quantum system and the torque equation of motion, we present exact analytic solutions to different models for manipulation of polarization in birefringent medium. These models include the one-dimensional model, the LandauZener model, and the Demkov-Kunike model. We also give an example for robust, broadband manipulation of polarization by suitably tailoring the birefringence vector.

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Broadband adiabatic conversion of light polarization

Cited by 22 publications

References 19 publications

Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in physics, chemistry, and beyond

Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in physics, chemistry, and beyond

Perspective: Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage: The status after 25 years

Propagation of light polarization in a birefringent medium: Exact analytic models

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