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arXiv:1203.1973 · Optics Letters

Linear up-conversion of orbital angular momentum

Dong-Sheng Ding, Z.-Y. Zhou, Bao‐Sen Shi, X.-B. Zou, G.-C. Guo

Published Jul 30, 2012• 57 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrated that infrared light imprinted with orbital angular momentum (OAM) was linearly converted into visible light using four-wave mixing (FWM) via a ladder-type configuration in 85Rb atoms. Simultaneously, we theoretically simulated this linear conversion process, and the theoretical analysis was in reasonable agreement with the experimental results. A large single-photon detuning process was used to reduce the absorption of the atoms to the up-converted light and to avoid pattern formation in the FWM process. The multi-mode image linear conversion process is important for applications including image communications, astrophysics, and quantum information.

DOI
10.1364/ol.37.003270

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