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Laser Physics Letters

Multi-mode correlation with self- and cross-Rabi oscillation in a diamond nitrogen-vacancy center

Faizan Raza, Al Imran, Xinghua Li, Wei Li, Yameng Li, Jianyong Mao, Yanpeng Zhang

Published Apr 10, 2019• 9 citations
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Abstract Here we report on the damped cross-Rabi oscillations in the intensity noise correlation resulting from the destructive interference between two four-wave mixing (FWM) processes, controlled by dressing atomic coherence in a nitrogen-vacancy center in a diamond. Also, the relationship between the self-Rabi oscillation of temporal intensity and cross-Rabi oscillation is investigated at a low temperature. Additionally, we discuss the notion that cross-Rabi oscillation in correlated beams can be switched between FWM and second-order fluorescence.

DOI
10.1088/1612-202x/ab126b

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