Backward four-wave mixing in a four-level medium with electromagnetically induced transparency

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 718-722

  Kang, Hoonsoo ^a   Hernandez, Gessler ^a   Zhang, Jiepeng ^a   Zhu, Yifu ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; TRANSPARENCY;

BACKWARD FOUR-WAVE MIXING; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 33744906323     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000718     Document Type: Article

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