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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Controlling Cascade Third-Order and Fifth-Order Nonlinear Optical Processes via Atomic Coherence

Huaibin Zheng, Jing Zhang, Min Xiao

Published Jan 1, 2010• 1 citation
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Abstract

We experimentally investigate the effects of cascade third-order and fifth-order nonlinear optical processes in a four-level atomic system. The relative strengths of these high-order nonlinear optical processes can be manipulated by controlling the atomic coherence.
DOI
10.1364/qels.2010.jtud8

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