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Control of nonlinear processes in two-photon excited rubidium vapour by resonant laser light

A. M. AkulshinA. M. AkulshinRussell J. McleanNafia Rahaman

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PhysicsAmplified spontaneous emissionFour-wave mixingPhotonField (physics)chemistryInfraredExcited statePhysics::Opticschemistry.chemical_elementAtomic physicsQuantum informationRubidium

description

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 not entirely clear.

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539921