Interference between Raman gain and four-wave mixing in cold atoms

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Michaud, Franck ^a   Gattobigio, Giovanni Luca ^a,b   Tabosa, Jose W R ^c   Kaiser, Robin ^a  

^a INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FERRARA   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL GAIN; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING;

COLD ATOMS; DOUBLE-PASS GAIN; RAMAN GAIN;

LIGHT INTERFERENCE;

EID: 37049019517     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000A40     Document Type: Article

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