We analize the response of a single anharmonic diatomic molecule to a monochromatic time dependent electric field E ω (t) and evaluate the temporal evolution of the dipole moment, phase space trajectories and several transition probabilities as a function of the intensity of the field. We define deformed boson operators A † = f (n)a † , A = af (n) in terms of the usual harmonic oscillator creation and annihilation operators a, a † ,n = a † a and choose the number operator function f (n) such that the energy spectrum of a harmonic oscillator-type Hamiltonian written in terms of the deformed operators yield an energy spectra similar to that of a Morse potential.
TheoryMuch work has been devoted to the study of the optical linear and nonlinear response of harmonic systems to time dependent electric and magnetic fields either with classical [1] or quantum mechanical treatments [2,3]. Laser pulses with well controlled temporal characteristics of amplitude and frequency have a high potential for selective manipulation of the internal state of atoms and molecules [4,5,6]. Cooling techniques have allowed the trapping and manipulation of atoms by optical means, however, fluctuations of the electromagnetic fields used to trap or to modify the quantum state lead to decoherence in ion traps and limits the trap stability [7]. A study involving multiple photon excitation for a linearly driven anharmonic oscillator using 1