Deng, L.
, Zhu, C.
, Hagley, E.
and Garrett, W.
(2013),
Suppression of Directional Light-Wave Mixing in Normal and Quantum Gases, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.88.043642
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Suppression of Directional Light-Wave Mixing in Normal and Quantum Gases
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, Chengjie Zhu, , W R. Garrett
Abstract
We discuss nonlinear optical processes in the presence of quantum gases. We show that in contrast to a normal gas where the medium passively participates in nonlinear optical processes, quantum gases actively interact with the wave mixing process by enforcing the properties of condensed-matter physics on the generation and propagation of new light fields. This manifestation of condensed-matter physics leads to intriguing suppression and enhancement effects in directionalwave generation and propagation processes that have no counterpart in a normal gas. This opens a new chapter on light-matter wave mixing and scattering; nonlinear optics with quantum gases.Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
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quantum gases, light-matter wave mixing and scattering
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Created October 30, 2013, Updated November 10, 2018