中国物理B ›› 2004, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (10): 1694-1699.doi: 10.1088/1009-1963/13/10/021

• CLASSICAL AREAS OF PHENOMENOLOGY • 上一篇    下一篇

Nonlinear cascade-configuration multi-wave mixing scheme based on electromagnetically induced transparency

李家华1, 杨文星1, 彭菊村2   

  1. (1)Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (2)Department of Physics, Xiaogan Normal University, Xiaogan 432100, China
  • 收稿日期:2003-12-15 修回日期:2004-03-15 出版日期:2005-06-20 发布日期:2005-06-20
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 90103026 and 10125419).

Nonlinear cascade-configuration multi-wave mixing scheme based on electromagnetically induced transparency

Li Jia-Hua (李家华)a, Yang Wen-Xing (杨文星)a, Peng Ju-Cun (彭菊村)b   

  1. a Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; b Department of Physics, Xiaogan Normal University, Xiaogan 432100, China
  • Received:2003-12-15 Revised:2004-03-15 Online:2005-06-20 Published:2005-06-20
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 90103026 and 10125419).

摘要: A nonlinear optical cascade-configuration multi-wave mixing (CCMWM) scheme is presented and analysed for the generation of coherent light in a six-level atomic system in the context of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). A detailed semi-classical study of the propagation of the generated mixing and probe fields is demonstrated. We show by numerical simulations that EIT is capable of suppressing linear and nonlinear photon absorption. The analytical dependence of the generated mixing field on the probe field and the respective detuning is also predicted. Such a nonlinear optical process can be used for generating coherent short-wavelength radiation.

Abstract: A nonlinear optical cascade-configuration multi-wave mixing (CCMWM) scheme is presented and analysed for the generation of coherent light in a six-level atomic system in the context of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). A detailed semi-classical study of the propagation of the generated mixing and probe fields is demonstrated. We show by numerical simulations that EIT is capable of suppressing linear and nonlinear photon absorption. The analytical dependence of the generated mixing field on the probe field and the respective detuning is also predicted. Such a nonlinear optical process can be used for generating coherent short-wavelength radiation.

Key words: optical multi-wave mixing, electromagnetically induced transparency, photon absorption rate

中图分类号:  (Effects of atomic coherence on propagation, absorption, and Amplification of light; electromagnetically induced transparency and Absorption)

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