Population transfer through the continuum
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 50 (2), R913-R916
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.50.r913
Abstract
We show that complete population transfer is not in general possible through continuum intermediate states. We present a formal theoretical argument and supporting numerical results. In addition, the behavior of the system is compared with the well-known Λ system.Keywords
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