Resonant enhancement of parametric processes via radiative interference and induced coherence Academic Article

abstract

• Nonlinear optical parametric processes are studied in a resonantly driven multilevel system displaying quantum interference effects. It is shown that in such systems a new regime of nonlinear amplification is possible, in which a pair of correlated Stokes and anti-Stokes fields can be generated from infinitesimally small initial values. An atomic coherence grating emerges during this process of efficient nonlinear amplification. The present analysis explains the results of recent optical phase conjugation experiments involving atomic phase coherence. 1998 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Hemmer, Philip
• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

• Lukin, M. D., Hemmer, P. R., Loffler, M., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 162

complete list of authors

• Lukin, MD||Hemmer, PR||Loffler, M||Scully, MO

publication date

• September 1998

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review Letters  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5108 Quantum Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2675

start page

• 2675

end page

• 2678

volume

• 81

issue

• 13

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.81.2675