Opening Optical Four-Wave Mixing Channels with Giant Enhancement Using Ultraslow Pump Waves
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-20-2002
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.143902
ISSN
1079-7114
Abstract
We show that by strongly modifying the dispersion properties of a four-level system, nonexisting wave mixing channels can be opened and significantly enhanced. Specifically, we show that coherent optical four-wave mixing with a pump wave mediated by electromagnetically induced transparency (thereby propagating with an extremely slow group velocity) will lead to many orders of magnitude enhancement in the amplitude of the generated wave. Contrary to common belief, a large transparency window, which causes a large propagation velocity, actually diminishes efficient mixing wave production.
Recommended Citation
Deng, Lu, M. Kozuma, Edward W. Hagley, Marvin G. Payne.
2002.
"Opening Optical Four-Wave Mixing Channels with Giant Enhancement Using Ultraslow Pump Waves."
Physical Review Letters, 88 (14): American Physical Society.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.143902 source: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.143902
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/physics-facpubs/187
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