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Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in physics, chemistry, and beyond

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Publication Date2017-03-08
JournalReviews of Modern Physics
AuthorsNikolay V. Vitanov, Andon A. Rangelov, Bruce W. Shore, K. Bergmann
InstitutionsSofia University ā€œSt. Kliment Ohridskiā€
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Abstract

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The technique of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP), which allows\nefficient and selective population transfer between quantum states without\nsuffering loss due to spontaneous emission, was introduced in 1990 (Gaubatz\n\emph{et al.}, J. Chem. Phys. \textbf{92}, 5363, 1990). Since then STIRAP has\nemerged as an enabling methodology with widespread successful applications in\nmany fields of physics, chemistry and beyond. This article reviews the many\napplications of STIRAP emphasizing the developments since 2000, the time when\nthe last major review on the topic was written (Vitanov \emph{et al.}, Adv. At.\nMol. Opt. Phys. \textbf{46}, 55, 2001). A brief introduction into the theory of\nSTIRAP and the early applications for population transfer within three-level\nsystems is followed by the discussion of several extensions to multi-level\nsystems, including multistate chains and tripod systems. The main emphasis is\non the wide range of applications in atomic and molecular physics (including\natom optics, cavity quantum electrodynamics, formation of ultracold molecules,\nprecision experiments, etc.), quantum information (including single- and\ntwo-qubit gates, entangled-state preparation, etc.), solid-state physics\n(including processes in doped crystals, nitrogen-vacancy centers,\nsuperconducting circuits, etc.), and even some applications in classical\nphysics (including waveguide optics, frequency conversion, polarization optics,\netc.). Promising new prospects for STIRAP are also presented (including\nprocesses in optomechanics, detection of parity violation in molecules,\nspectroscopy of core-nonpenetrating Rydberg states, and population transfer\nwith X-ray pulses).\n

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