Figure 2

Energy condition for realizing the laser-assisted hopping \({{\rm{\Lambda }}}_{{b}_{j+1}}^{{a}_{j}}\) and \({{\rm{\Lambda }}}_{{b}_{j-1}}^{{a}_{j}}\).

Energy condition for realizing the laser-assisted hopping \({{\rm{\Lambda }}}_{{b}_{j+1}}^{{a}_{j}}\) and \({{\rm{\Lambda }}}_{{b}_{j-1}}^{{a}_{j}}\).