Enhanced Kerr nonlinearity in a left-handed three-level atomic system driven by a bichromatic field

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/11/114204

Abstract Enhanced Kerr nonlinearity in a left-handed atomic system consisting of three levels driven by a bichromatic field is presented in this paper. Based on bichromatic field coherence, the real parts of the permittivity and permeability can obtain negative values simultaneously in the same detuning frequency region. By adjusting the frequency difference and the Rabi frequencies of the bichromatic field, the multi-band left-handed behavior of the presented atomic metamaterial is exhibited. Meanwhile, the enhanced Kerr nonlinearity can be realized in this multi-band left-handed three-level atomic system. It is shown that the third-order susceptibility possesses focusing or defocusing properties in the same frequency band.

Keywords: left-handed Kerr nonlinearity bichromatic field multi-band

Received: 13 April 2013
Revised: 20 May 2013
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PACS:	42.50.Gy	(Effects of atomic coherence on propagation, absorption, and Amplification of light; electromagnetically induced transparency and Absorption)
	42.25.Bs	(Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)
	42.65.An	(Optical susceptibility, hyperpolarizability)
	78.20.Ci	(Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity))

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50836002 and 51176041) and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB328702).

Corresponding Authors: Jiang Yong-Yuan
E-mail: jiangyy@hit.edu.cn

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Yang Xiao-Yu (杨晓雨), Jiang Yong-Yuan (姜永远) Enhanced Kerr nonlinearity in a left-handed three-level atomic system driven by a bichromatic field 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 114204

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