Temporal Coherent Control in Two-Photon Transitions: From Optical Interferences to Quantum Interferences
- 7 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 78 (14), 2716-2719
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2716
Abstract
Temporal coherent control of an excited state wave packet is produced by a sequence of two identical ultrashort laser pulses. We show theoretically and experimentally in the case of the two-photon transition in Cs that optical and quantum interferences take place and are clearly distinguished.
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