Photoelectron spectroscopy with a resonant dichromatic field: Role of geometric phase

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.04795v1
• Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:22:18 GMT
• Title: Photoelectron spectroscopy with a resonant dichromatic field: Role of geometric phase
• Abstract summary: We investigate geometric-phase control in resonantly driven two-level atoms exposed to near-degenerate dichromatic laser pulses.<n>We show that the formation of Autler--Townes doublets can be interpreted in terms of destructive interference.<n>Our results establish beating-field control as a route toward engineering geometric-phase interference in ultrafast light-matter interactions.
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• Abstract: We investigate geometric-phase control in resonantly driven two-level atoms exposed to near-degenerate dichromatic laser pulses. In contrast to conventional two-color schemes based on widely separated frequencies, the closely spaced frequency components generate a slowly varying beating envelope that repeatedly reverses the pseudo-spin rotation on the Bloch sphere. This enables coherent control of the geometric phase accumulated during Rabi dynamics and strongly modifies the resulting photoelectron spectra. Using an exactly solvable model for flat-top pulse envelopes, we derive the essential-state dynamics analytically and analyze photoionization induced both by an auxiliary field and by the dichromatic driving field itself. We show that the formation of Autler--Townes doublets can be interpreted in terms of destructive interference associated with geometric phases acquired during completed pseudo-spin rotations. Beyond the canonical Autler--Townes regime, beat-induced reversal dynamics lead to qualitatively different spectral structures, including re-emergent central peaks and higher-order sidebands. These effects originate from the nonuniform temporal evolution induced by the beating envelope, which modifies the balance between positive and negative excitation amplitudes. Our results establish beating-field control as a route toward engineering geometric-phase interference in ultrafast light--matter interactions and suggest broader applications in coherent control of atoms, molecules, and x-ray-driven systems.

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