Interference between Raman gain and four-wave mixing in cold atoms

被引:5
作者
Michaud, Franck
Gattobigio, Giovanni-Luca
Tabosa, Jose W. R.
Kaiser, Robin
机构
[1] CNRS, UMR 6618, Inst Non Lineaire Nice, F-06560 Valbonne, France
[2] Univ Ferrara, Natl Inst Nucl Phys, Dipartimento Fis, Sezione Ferrara, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
[3] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Dept Fis, Recife, PE, Brazil
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10.1364/JOSAB.24.000A40
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Using a pump-probe scheme with a large cloud of cold rubidium atoms, we observe very large double-pass gain (1800%) due to interference between Raman gain and four-wave mixing. A simple model explains the main features observed.
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页码:A40 / A47
页数:8
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