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Optics Letters

Giant Kerr nonlinearity induced by interacting dark resonances

Yueping Niu, Shangqing Gong, Ruxin Li, Zhizhan Xu, Xiaoyan Liang

Published Dec 15, 2005• 180 citations
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Abstract

A scheme for giant enhancement of the Kerr nonlinearity in a four-level system with double dark resonances is proposed. Compared with that generated in a single-dark-resonance system, the Kerr nonlinearity can be enhanced by several orders of magnitude with vanishing linear absorption. We attribute this dramatic enhancement to the interaction of dark resonances.

DOI
10.1364/ol.30.003371

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