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Basis of polarization-dressed states of an atom in an elliptically polarized resonant field

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A basis of polarization-dressed states is proposed for atomic energy levels degenerate in the total angular momentum projections in the case of interaction with elliptically polarized light. It is shown that instead of selection rules for the magnetic quantum number, the interaction in this basis can be presented as the sum of direct transitions between corresponding pairs of polarization-dressed states of the upper and lower levels. The explicit form of the basis is derived for ten possible combinations of dipole transitions between energy levels with angular momenta J = 0, 1/2, 1, 3/2, and 2. The problem of Rabi oscillations in such a system is considered as an application.

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  1. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    O. N. Prudnikov, A. V. Taichenachev, A. M. Tumaikin & V. I. Yudin

  2. Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    O. N. Prudnikov, A. V. Taichenachev, A. M. Tumaikin & V. I. Yudin

  3. Huygens Laboratorium, University of Leiden, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    G. Nienhuis

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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Fiziki, Vol. 126, No. 6, 2004, pp. 1303–1316.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Prudnikov, Ta\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\)chenachev, Tuma\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\)kin, Yudin, Nienhuis.

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Prudnikov, O.N., Taichenachev, A.V., Tumaikin, A.M. et al. Basis of polarization-dressed states of an atom in an elliptically polarized resonant field. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 99, 1137–1149 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1854801

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