The effect of interference stabilization is shown to exist in a system of two
atomic levels coupled by a strong two-color laser field, the two frequencies of
which are close to a two-photon Raman-type resonance between the chosen levels,
with open channels of one-photon ionization from both of them. We suggest an
experiment, in which a rather significant (up to 90%) suppression of ionization
can take place and which demonstrates explicitly the interference origin of
stabilization. Specific calculations are made for H and He atoms and optimal
parameters of a two-color field are found. The physics of the effect and its
relation with such well-known phenomena as LICS and population trapping in a
three-level system are discussed.Comment: the paper includes 1 TeX file and 16 picture
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