Coherent control of ionization via stabilization by resonant pulse pairs

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Main Authors: Olofsson, Edvin, Fulton, Evan Lovelle, Tahouri, Rezvan, Bertolino, Mattias, Djiokap, Jean Marcel Ngoko, Dahlström, Jan Marcus
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author Olofsson, Edvin
Fulton, Evan Lovelle
Tahouri, Rezvan
Bertolino, Mattias
Djiokap, Jean Marcel Ngoko
Dahlström, Jan Marcus
author_facet Olofsson, Edvin
Fulton, Evan Lovelle
Tahouri, Rezvan
Bertolino, Mattias
Djiokap, Jean Marcel Ngoko
Dahlström, Jan Marcus
contents We study the nonlinear and resonant process of two-photon ionization of atoms (He and H) in a pump-probe scheme. The pump pulse prepares the quantum system in a superposition of the ground state and an excited bound state. By varying the phase difference between the pulses, we show how it is possible to coherently control the dressed-state population during the probe pulse. Our main result is that for certain laser parameters, the control over the dressed state population leads to strong control of the ionization probability during the probe pulse. The effect arises due to one of the dressed states becoming stabilized against ionization. Contrasting effects from circular and linear polarized pulses demonstrate how such ``bound states in the continuum'' are sensitive to the degeneracy of the coupled continuum.
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spellingShingle Coherent control of ionization via stabilization by resonant pulse pairs
Olofsson, Edvin
Fulton, Evan Lovelle
Tahouri, Rezvan
Bertolino, Mattias
Djiokap, Jean Marcel Ngoko
Dahlström, Jan Marcus
Quantum Physics
We study the nonlinear and resonant process of two-photon ionization of atoms (He and H) in a pump-probe scheme. The pump pulse prepares the quantum system in a superposition of the ground state and an excited bound state. By varying the phase difference between the pulses, we show how it is possible to coherently control the dressed-state population during the probe pulse. Our main result is that for certain laser parameters, the control over the dressed state population leads to strong control of the ionization probability during the probe pulse. The effect arises due to one of the dressed states becoming stabilized against ionization. Contrasting effects from circular and linear polarized pulses demonstrate how such ``bound states in the continuum'' are sensitive to the degeneracy of the coupled continuum.
title Coherent control of ionization via stabilization by resonant pulse pairs
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09441