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Mahdimatika
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Hello, this is my first thread here and i have a question regarding coherent population trapping and the dark state. I am from Germany, so please excuse me, when my english isn't very good. This is what I found on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_state
in the section "Three-level systems" they give a semiclassical Hamiltonian and solve Schrödingers eq. However, in the end they give solutions for the functions c_i(t) and i think especially c_3(t) is interesting. In the text they say, that with the right initial conditions, we can gain c_3(t)=0, which is exactliy what is needed for electromagnetically Induced Transparency to work. When I try to find the initial conditions on my own, i would set c_3(t)=0, and would gain the solution
(1) c_3(0)=0
(2) c_1(0)*Ω_p=c_2(0)*Ω_c
The second equation allows the values c_1(0)=Ω_c/Ω and c_2(0)=Ω_p/Ω, which would give the state:
|ψ(t)> = (Ω_c*Exp(-i*ω_1*t)|1> + Ω_p*Exp(-i*ω_2*t)|2>)/Ω
Wikipedia though, as well as other literatures, states the dark state as:
|D> = (Ω_c*|1> + Ω_p*|2>)/Ω
Apperently i am missing something crucial here. my questions now are the followong:
1. Where have the exponential expressions gone? Or how do i get the dark state |D>
2. Equation (2) leaves space for more than one solution. does that mean, there is more than one way to set up two lasers, to induce coherent population trapping in a medium?
Thank you for your time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_state
in the section "Three-level systems" they give a semiclassical Hamiltonian and solve Schrödingers eq. However, in the end they give solutions for the functions c_i(t) and i think especially c_3(t) is interesting. In the text they say, that with the right initial conditions, we can gain c_3(t)=0, which is exactliy what is needed for electromagnetically Induced Transparency to work. When I try to find the initial conditions on my own, i would set c_3(t)=0, and would gain the solution
(1) c_3(0)=0
(2) c_1(0)*Ω_p=c_2(0)*Ω_c
The second equation allows the values c_1(0)=Ω_c/Ω and c_2(0)=Ω_p/Ω, which would give the state:
|ψ(t)> = (Ω_c*Exp(-i*ω_1*t)|1> + Ω_p*Exp(-i*ω_2*t)|2>)/Ω
Wikipedia though, as well as other literatures, states the dark state as:
|D> = (Ω_c*|1> + Ω_p*|2>)/Ω
Apperently i am missing something crucial here. my questions now are the followong:
1. Where have the exponential expressions gone? Or how do i get the dark state |D>
2. Equation (2) leaves space for more than one solution. does that mean, there is more than one way to set up two lasers, to induce coherent population trapping in a medium?
Thank you for your time.