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Four-wave mixing in a diamond configuration: experiments with rubidium vapor

R. T. Willis, F. E. Becerra, Luis A. Orozco, S. L. Rolston

Published Jan 1, 2007• 1 citation

Abstract

We investigate experimentally and theoretically non-degenerate four-wave mixing in a diamond configuration (5s1/2, 5p1/2, 5p3/2, and 6s1/2 levels of rubidium vapor). Observations of the output light versus laser detunings include Doppler-free and Autler-Townes features.

DOI: 10.1364/cqo.2007.cmi5

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We investigate experimentally and theoretically nondegenerate four-wave mixing in rubidium vapor using a diamond configuration (

5{S}_{1/2}

5{P}_{1/2}

5{P}_{3/2}

, and

6{S}_{1/2}

levels). We model this process of three classical fields interacting with a four-level atomic system with the Schr\"odinger equation. The experimental results are in good agreement with theoretical predictions for the generated light as a function of detuning.

5{S}_{1/2}

5{P}_{1/2}

5{P}_{3/2}

, and

6{S}_{1/2}

). The atomic polarization comes from all the contributions of different velocity classes of atoms in the ensemble modifying dramatically the total transient behavior of the light from FWM.