Enhanced frequency up-conversion in Rb vapor

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 17020-17026

  Vernier, A ^a   Franke Arnold, S ^a   Riis, E ^b   Arnold, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTONS; PUMPS; VAPORS;

BEAM POWER; BLUE LIGHT; FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION; LIGHT GENERATION; NEAR-INFRARED LASERS; PUMP FREQUENCY; PUMP POLARIZATION; PUMP POWER; RB VAPORS; RUBIDIUM VAPOR CELL; SINGLE PHOTONS; SPECTRAL REGION; TWO-PHOTON RESONANCE; UP-CONVERSION;

RUBIDIUM;

RUBIDIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; PHOTON; SPECTROSCOPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; LASERS; PHOTONS; RUBIDIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955614369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.017020     Document Type: Article

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