Low-light-level nonlinear optics with slow light

By D. Braje, V. Balić, G. Yin, S. Harris. 2003

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Electromagnetically induced transparency in an optically thick, cold medium creates a unique system where pulse-propagation velocities may be orders of magnitude less than c and optical nonlinearities become exceedingly large. As a result, nonlinear processes may be efficient at low-light levels. Using an atomic system with three, independent channels, we demonstrate a quantum interference switch where a laser pulse with an energy per area of {approx}23 photons per {lambda}{sup 2}/(2{pi}) causes a 1/e absorption of a second pulse.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Electromagnetically induced transparency : Optics in coherent media (2005, background): “Recent experiments have already demonstrated the enhancement of Kerr nonlinearities in the limit of 42=0 Braje et al., 2003 ; this is the purely dissipative limit of xpm 3 and was discussed by Harris and Yamamoto in the context of a two-photon absorber Harris and Yamamoto,”