Mollow-like triplets in ultrafast resonant absorption

We show that resonant absorption of smooth laser fields can yield Mollow-like triplet patterns. General conditions for such triplets are derived and illustrated with a super-Gaussian pulse sequence. Gaussian pulses cannot exhibit triplets, super-Gaussian pulses can form triplets depending on the pul...

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Authors: Stenquist, Axel, Olofsson, Edvin, Liao, Yijie, Svegborn, Elna, Bruhnke, Jakob Nicolai, Verdozzi, Claudio, Dahlström, Jan Marcus, Zapata Abellán, Felipe
Format: article
Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repository:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/716684
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/716684
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.063202
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Gaussian noise (electronic)
nonlinear optics
condition
gaussian pulse
high intensity
laser fields
Química
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Summary:We show that resonant absorption of smooth laser fields can yield Mollow-like triplet patterns. General conditions for such triplets are derived and illustrated with a super-Gaussian pulse sequence. Gaussian pulses cannot exhibit triplets, super-Gaussian pulses can form triplets depending on the pulse area, and flattop pulses can produce absorption triplets after one Rabi cycle. Our results are compared side by side with resonance fluorescence to emphasize similarities and differences between these unlike observables. In the high-intensity limit, we show that the central absorption peak is asymmetric, which we attribute to nonlinear photoionization, beyond two-level atomic physics