Nonlinear transmission through a tapered fiber in rubidium vapor

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-271

  Hendrickson, S M ^a,b   Pittman, T B ^a   Franson, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RUBIDIUM;

ATOMIC DENSITY; INCIDENT POWER; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; RUBIDIUM ATOMS; SUBWAVELENGTH-DIAMETER; TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS; WEAK PROBE BEAM;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 60649101677     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000267     Document Type: Article

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26. It is also possible that a thick layer of metallic rubidium on the surface of the tapered region could modify the mode structure and thereby reduce the evanescent field, although we believe that to be less likely.