Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: We introduce a procedure to measure the density matrix of a material system. The density matrix is addressed locally in this scheme by applying a sequence of delayed-light pulses. The procedure is based on the stimulated Raman adiabatic passage technique. It is shown that a series of population measurements on the target state of the population transfer process yields unambiguous information about the populations and coherences of the addressed states, which, therefore, can be determined.
Source: Physical Review A
Authors: Z. Kis, S. Stenholm
Institution: KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2061866112