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Nondegenerate Parametric Self-Oscillation via Multiwave Mixing in Coherent Atomic Media

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: We demonstrate an efficient nonlinear process in which Stokes and anti-Stokes components are generated spontaneously in a multilevel medium coherently prepared by resonant, counterpropagating fields. A medium of this kind combines large nonlinear gain and efficient intrinsic feedback, thereby allowing for very weak optical fields to induce nonlinear processes. Mirrorless self-oscillation induced by microwatts of light power (nanojoules of pulse energy) is observed.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.83.4049

Authors: A. S. Zibrov, M. D. Lukin, M. O. Scully

Institutions: P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Texas A&M University, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

Language: English

Topic: Quantum optics and atomic interactions

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W204920363

FWCI: 8.529

Cites: 30

Cited by: 150

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