During the STIRAP process, the intermediate levels will have notable population which is detrimental if these levels could decay to other levels through spontaneous emission. Here, we propose a novel method which could reduce the intermediate level population during the STIRAP process. A complete population transfer could be achieved in this modified STIRAP even if the intermediate level could decay to other levels.
Microwave photon Fock state generation by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage
