{
  "id": "quant-ph/0401111",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2004-01-20T04:14:14.000Z",
  "updated": "2004-03-01T05:43:02.000Z",
  "title": "Steady state of atoms in a resonant field with elliptical polarization",
  "authors": [
    "A. V. Taichenachev",
    "A. M. Tumaikin",
    "V. I. Yudin",
    "G. Nienhuis"
  ],
  "comment": "revtex, 26 pages, including 3 eps figures; PRA accepted for publication;v2 three typos are fixed",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.69.033410",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a complete set of analytical and invariant expressions for the steady-state density matrix of atoms in a resonant radiation field with arbitrary intensity and polarization. The field drives the closed dipole transition with arbitrary values of the angular momenta $J_{g}$ and $J_{e}$ of the ground and excited state. The steady-state density matrix is expressed in terms of spherical harmonics of a complex direction given by the field polarization vector. The generalization to the case of broad-band radiation is given. We indicate various applications of these results.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2004-03-01T05:43:02.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "steady state",
      "resonant field",
      "elliptical polarization",
      "steady-state density matrix",
      "resonant radiation field"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. A"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 26,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}