STIRAPs the Nuclei

Typically, the nuclear transition energy is above 10keV and with very narrow linewidth. It seems no way to manipulate the population via optical laser (insane!). However, the hope has come, the X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL). XFEL in LCLS, SACLA, SwissFEL and European XFEL at DESY deliver the most powerful and fully coherent hard x-ray with the photon energy of tens keV. In Phys. Lett. B 705, 134 (2011), We will show you how to implement STIRAP in nuclei with the help of XFEL and Einstein's Lorentz boost. The isomer triggering via this way is also discussed. Please check out the paper about the road map on STIRAP.

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