Coherence switching in a four-level system: Quantum switching

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作者
Ham, BS [1 ]
Hemmer, PR
机构
[1] Elect & Telecommun Res Inst, Telecommun Basic Res Lab, Daejun 305350, South Korea
[2] USAF, Res Lab, Bedford, MA 01731 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4080
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Dark resonance switching among three-laser interactions in a Four-level system is observed by using an enhanced nondegenerate four-wave mixing technique. This coherence switching mechanism is based on simultaneous suppression and enhancement of two-photon absorption and has a novel application to high-speed optical switches.
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