Abstract

Recently there is much interest in techniques that can control translational and internal degrees of freedom of atoms or molecules through the interaction with laser radiation. The adiabatic passage techniques, via controlled temporal variation of elements of Hamiltonian, offer some possibility to produce the complete population transfer. The stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) is the most remarkable example of adiabatic passage technique.

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