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Two-photon absorption of atomic hydrogen from two light beams

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Within the framework of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, the analysis of the two-photon absorption by atomic hydrogen is generalized to the case of two incident beams with arbitrary direction and polarization (including circular polarization). In the dipole approximation, the second-order matrix elements responsible for two-photon absorption are transformed into a finite sum consisting of the product of a radial part and an angular part. Exact calculation of the angular part predicts that, for the ss transition only, transparency is obtained regardless of the frequencies of the two beams with perpendicular polarizations. In addition, circularly polarized light is found to be more efficient (up to a factor of 1.5) for the sd two-photon transition. The radial parts of the matrix elements are accurately evaluated by using the Coulomb Green’s function technique and an implicit technique of Dalgarno and Lewis. Their calculation indicates that “zeros” exist in the two-photon absorption spectrum, thereby predicting that absorption is not possible at certain frequencies. It should be noted that in the calculated spectrum, near or at resonance points, the linewidths of the intermediate levels must be included in order to obtain accurate results.

© 1986 Optical Society of America

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