0000000000684575
AUTHOR
A. M. Akulshin
Control of nonlinear processes in two-photon excited rubidium vapour by resonant laser light
Frequency up- and down-conversion in warm alkali vapours over a range of applied cw laser intensities has received much attention in recent years due to promising applications in the fields of remote detection, quantum information and computing, specifically in the implementation of correlated photon pairs, photon storage and quantum memory interface to name a few. The generation of directional laser-like blue and infrared light in alkali vapours has been extensively studied. However, important details of the interplay of parametric and nonparametric nonlinear processes, such as the four-wave mixing (FWM) and amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) responsible for the new field generation, are…
Intensity-correlated spiking of infrared and ultraviolet emission from sodium vapors
The directional spiking infrared and ultraviolet emission from sodium vapors excited to the 4D5/2 level by a continuous-wave resonant laser pump, that constitute a novel feature of the cooperative effects, has been analyzed. Cascade mirrorless lasing at 2207 and 2338 nm on population-inverted transitions and ultraviolet radiation at 330 nm that is generated due to four-wave mixing process demonstrate a high degree of intensity correlation.