Leveling system

Torgunakov V.G. et al. Two-level system for thermographic monitoring of industrial thermal units. Proc. of VTI Intern. S-T conference. Cherepovets, Russia, pp. 45-46, 1997. 2. Solovyov A.V., Solovyova Ye.V. et al. The method of Dirichlet cells for solution of gas-dynamic equations in cylindrical coordinates, M., 1986, 32 p. 

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We now add die field back into the Hamiltonian, and examine the simplest case of a two-level system coupled to coherent, monochromatic radiation. This material is included in many textbooks (e.g. [6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11]). The system is described by a Hamiltonian having only two eigenstates, i and with energies = and Define coq = - co. The most general wavefunction for this system may be written as... 

A more intuitive, and more general, approach to the study of two-level systems is provided by the Feynman-Vemon-Flellwarth geometrical picture. To understand this approach we need to first introduce the density matrix. 

The strategy for representing this differential equation geometrically is to expand both H and p in tenns of the tln-ee Pauli spin matrices, 02 and and then view the coefficients of these matrices as time-dependent vectors in three-dimensional space. We begin by writing die the two-level system Hamiltonian in the following general fomi. 

Using these vectors, we can rewrite the Liouville equation for the two-level system as... 

It follows that there are two kinds of processes required for an arbitrary initial state to relax to an equilibrium state the diagonal elements must redistribute to a Boltzmaim distribution and the off-diagonal elements must decay to zero. The first of these processes is called population decay in two-level systems this time scale is called Ty The second of these processes is called dephasmg, or coherence decay in two-level systems there is a single time scale for this process called T. There is a well-known relationship in two level systems, valid for weak system-bath coupling, that... 

As an example, consider the two-level system, with relaxation that arises from spontaneous emission. In this case there is just a single V. ... 

For the two-level system, the evolution equation for p may also be expressed, as before, in tenns of the tliree-vector r ... 

Equation (A1.6.64) describes the relaxation to equilibrium of a two-level system in tenns of a vector equation. It is the analogue of tire Bloch equation, originally developed for magnetic resonance, in the optical regime and hence is called the optical Bloch equation. 

Much of the previous section dealt with two-level systems. Real molecules, however, are not two-level systems for many purposes there are only two electronic states that participate, but each of these electronic states has many states corresponding to different quantum levels for vibration and rotation. A coherent femtosecond pulse has a bandwidth which may span many vibrational levels when the pulse impinges on the molecule it excites a coherent superposition of all tliese vibrational states—a vibrational wavepacket. In this section we deal with excitation by one or two femtosecond optical pulses, as well as continuous wave excitation in section A 1.6.4 we will use the concepts developed here to understand nonlinear molecular electronic spectroscopy. 

Al.6.101) are precisely equivalent to these derivatives the rate of change of a population is proportional to the instantaneous coherence, a relationship which can be observed already in the vector precession model of the two-level system ( section Al.6.2.3). 

Melinger J S and Albrecht A C 1986 Theory of time- and frequency-resolved resonance secondary radiation from a three-level system J. Chem. Phys. 84 1247-58... 

Ulness D J and Albrecht A C 1996 Four-wave mixing in a Bloch two-level system with incoherent laser light having a Lorentzian spectral density analytic solution and a diagrammatic approach Rhys. Rev. A 53 1081-95... 

Application of an oscillating magnetic field at the resonance frequency induces transitions in both directions between the two levels of the spin system. The rate of the induced transitions depends on the MW power which is proportional to the square of oi = (the amplitude of the oscillating magnetic field) (see equation (bl.15.7)) and also depends on the number of spins in each level. Since the probabilities of upward ( P) a)) and downward ( a) p)) transitions are equal, resonance absorption can only be detected when there is a population difference between the two spin levels. This is the case at thennal equilibrium where there is a slight excess of spins in the energetically lower p)-state. The relative population of the two-level system in thennal equilibrium is given by the Boltzmaim distribution... 

Figure B2.3.13. Model 2-level system describing molecular optical excitation, with first-order excitation rate constant W 2 proportional to the laser power, and spontaneous (first-order rate constant 21) stimulated (first-order rate constant 1 2 proportional to the laser power) emission pathways.

Zumbusch A, Fleury L, Brown R, Bernard J and Orrit M 1993 Probing individual two-level systems in a polymer by correlation of single molecule fluorescence Phys. Rev. Lett. 70 3584-7... 

Using equation (C2.15.24), we can derive a general expression for die absorjition coefficient for dris simple two-level system ... 

In tills weakly coupled regime, ET in an encounter complex can be described approximately using a two-level system model [23]. As such, tlie time-dependent wave function is... 

It was shown above that the normal two-level system (ground to excited state) will not produce lasing but that a three-level system (ground to excited state to second excited state) can enable lasing. Some laser systems utilize four- or even five-level systems, but all need at least one of the excited-state energy levels to have a relatively long lifetime to build up an inverted population. 

A dye molecule has one or more absorption bands in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum (approximately 350-700 nm). After absorbing photons, the electronically excited molecules transfer to a more stable (triplet) state, which eventually emits photons (fluoresces) at a longer wavelength (composing three-level system.) The delay allows an inverted population to build up. Sometimes there are more than three levels. For example, the europium complex (Figure 18.15) has a four-level system. 

Commonly, a three-level or four-level system, illustrated in Figures 9.2(b) and 9.2(c), is necessary for population inversion to be obtained between two of the levels. 

In the three-level system of Figure 9.2(b) population inversion between levels 2 and 1 is achieved by pumping the 3-1 transition. The 3-2 process must be efficient and fast in order to build up the population of level 2 while that of level 1 is depleted. Lasing occurs in the 2-1 transition. 

The four-level system in Figure 9.2(c) is even more efficient in the creation of a population inversion, in this case between levels 3 and 2. The reason for the greater efficiency is that, not only is level 3 populated through the fast 4-3 process, but the population of level 2 is rapidly depleted by the fast 2-1 process. 

In more complex systems there may be more levels between 4 and 3 and between 2 and 1, all involved in fast processes to lower levels, but they are still referred to as four-level systems. 

Methods of pumping, irrespective of the type of level system and of whether lasing is to be pulsed or CW, fall into two general categories—optical and electrical pumping. 

Laser action involves mainly the 3/2 hi/i transition at about 1.06 pm. Since is not the ground state, the laser operates on a four-level system (see Figure 9.2c) and consequently is much more efficient than the ruby laser. 

Fig. 1. Pumping methods for lasers where is the pump light frequency and is the laser frequency, wavy lines represent radiationless transitions, and the dashed line collisions (a) optical pumping in three-level systems (b) optical pumping in four-level systems (c) pumping by electron impact and...

Figure lb shows a four-level system. The terminal level, level 2, is ordinarily empty. Atoms are optically pumped to level 4. From level 4, the atoms make a rapid radiationless transition to level 3. The first few atoms to arrive begin to contribute to the population inversion. Therefore, laser operation can begin with much less intense pumping light. After the laser transition, the atoms return to the ground state (level 1) by a radiationless transition. 

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