Abstract
A model of a three-level atom in the 3-configuration interacting with a two-mode field under a multi-photon process is considered. The effects of the mean photon numbers, detuning, Kerr-like medium parameters and various forms of the intensity-dependent coupling functional are considered. Analytical expressions for the time unitary operator, the density operator and the final state of the system are analyzed via the framework of the dressed states. The atom is prepared in its upper excited state, and the fields are prepared in binomial states. The general conclusions reached are illustrated by numerical results displaying the effects of photon-number, detuning and nonlinearities of both the field and intensity-dependent atom-field couplings.