Threshold and linewidth of a mirrorless parametric oscillator. Academic Article

abstract

• We analyze the above-threshold behavior of a mirrorless parametric oscillator based on resonantly enhanced four-wave mixing in a dense atomic vapor. It is shown that, in the ideal limit, an arbitrary small flux of pump photons is sufficient to reach the oscillator threshold. We demonstrate that, due to the large group velocity delays associated with electromagnetically induced transparency, an extremely narrow oscillator linewidth is possible, making a narrow-band source of nonclassical radiation feasible.

authors

• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Fleischhauer, M., Lukin, M. D., Matsko, A. B., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 34

complete list of authors

• Fleischhauer, M||Lukin, MD||Matsko, AB||Scully, MO

publication date

• April 2000

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review Letters  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5108 Quantum Physics

PubMed Central ID

• 11019145

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3558

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/183516

start page

• 3558

end page

• 3561

volume

• 84

issue

• 16

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.3558