Photoinduced vibronic coupling in two-level dissipative systems

Abstract

Interaction of an electron system with a strong electromagnetic wave leads to rearrangement both the electron and vibrational energy spectra of a dissipative system. For instance, the optically coupled electron levels become split in the conditions of the ac Stark effect that gives rise to appearance of the nonadiabatic coupling between the electron and vibrational motions. The nonadiabatic coupling exerts a substantial impact on the electron and phonon dynamics and must be taken into account to determine the system wave functions. In this paper, the vibronic coupling induced by the ac Stark effect is considered. It is shown that the interaction between the electron states dressed by an electromagnetic field and the forced vibrations of reservoir oscillators under the action of rapid changing of the electron density with the Rabi frequency is responsible for establishment of the photoinduced vibronic coupling. However, if the resonance conditions for the optical phonon frequency and the transition frequency of electrons in the dressed state basis are satisfied, the vibronic coupling is due to the electron-phonon interaction. Additionally, photoinduced vibronic coupling results in appearance of the doubly dressed states which are formed by both the electron-photon and electron-vibrational interactions.