Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics

Squeezing of light via non-degenerate four-wave mixing in a system of three-level atoms

Nikolay N. Bogolubov, A.S. Shumovsky, Tran Quang

Published Jul 14, 1987• 2 citations

Abstract

The generation of a squeezed state via non-degenerate four-wave mixing in a system of three-level atoms is discussed. The condition for receiving a nearly perfect squeezing is shown.

DOI: 10.1088/0022-3700/20/13/008

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