Threshold and linewidth of a mirrorless parametric oscillator

被引：35

作者：

Fleischhauer, M ^{[1
]}

Lukin, MD

Matsko, AB

Scully, MO

机构：

[1] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Inst Theoret Atom & Mol Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Univ Munich, Sekt Phys, D-80333 Munich, Germany

[3] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys, College Stn, TX 77843 USA

[4] Max Planck Inst Quantum Opt, D-85748 Garching, Germany

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2000年 / 84卷 / 16期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3558

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：3558 / 3561

页数：4

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