Frequency mixing using electromagnetically induced transparency in cold atoms

被引：205

作者：

Braje, DA ^{[1
]}

Balic, V ^{[1
]}

Goda, S ^{[1
]}

Yin, GY ^{[1
]}

Harris, SE ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Edward L Ginzton Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2004年 / 93卷 / 18期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.183601

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We report the first experimental demonstration of four-wave mixing using electromagnetically induced transparency in cold atoms. Backward-wave, phase-matched difference-frequency conversion is achieved at optical powers of a few nanowatts and at energies of less than a picojoule.

引用

页码：183601 / 1

页数：4

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