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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Parametric amplification in electromagnetically induced transparency

Junji Okuma, Kenji Harada, Kenji Mori, Nobuhito Hayashi, Masaharu Mitsunaga

Published May 1, 2008• 0 citations
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Abstract

In an ordinary electromagnetically-induced-transparency setup in sodium vapor, we have observed a probe gain up to 15, attributable to the parametric amplification, accompanying the Stokes (or anti-Stokes) wave with similar output intensity.
DOI
10.1109/cleo.2008.4552283

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