Enhanced cross-Kerr nonlinearity via electromagnetically induced transparency in a four-level tripod atomic system

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1423-1434

  Yang, Xudong ^a   Li, Shujing ^a   Zhang, Chunhong ^a   Wang, Hai ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; PROBES; TRANSPARENCY;

ATOMIC SYSTEM; CROSS PHASE MODULATION; CROSS-KERR NONLINEARITIES; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; LOW LIGHT; NONLINEAR PHASE SHIFT; TRIPOD SYSTEM;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 67849124438     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001423     Document Type: Article

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