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Realization of Nonlinear Interferometer using the Four Wave Mixing in Hot Rubidium Vapor

Jietai Jing, Cunjin Liu, Zhifan Zhou, Florian Hudelsit, Z. Y. Ou, Weiping Zhang

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations

Abstract

We experimentally realized a nonlinear interferometer which has a visibility close to 1 and can result in an enhancement of phase sensitivity with a factor of 2G2 compared to the linear interferometer.

DOI: 10.1364/qim.2012.qt1a.3

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