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Physical Review A

Three-photon destructive interference in ultraslow-propagation-enhanced four-wave mixing

Li Deng, M. G. Payne

Published Nov 4, 2003• 30 citations
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Abstract

We show that, although the efficiency of a multiwave mixing process can be significantly enhanced by an ultra-slowly-propagating pump wave, a three-photon destructive interference between the generated wave and the pump wave limits the final achievable conversion efficiency.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.68.051801

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