Frequency mixing using electromagnetically induced transparency in cold atoms

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作者
Braje, DA [1 ]
Balic, V [1 ]
Goda, S [1 ]
Yin, GY [1 ]
Harris, SE [1 ]
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[1] Stanford Univ, Edward L Ginzton Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.183601
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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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.
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