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Frontiers in Optics

Self-phase matched four-wave mixing in cold vapor

Joel A. Greenberg, Daniel J. Gauthier

Published Jan 1, 2010• 1 citation
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Abstract

We demonstrate novel four-wave mixing processes in a cold vapor that arise due to atomic spatial self-organization. This leads to a reduced parametric oscillation threshold and a more rapid increase of gain with pump power.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2010.fwz2

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