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Three-photon destructive interference in ultraslow-propagation-enhanced four-wave mixing

Published

Author(s)

Lu Deng, Marvin G. Payne

Abstract

We show that although the efficiency of a multi-wave mixing process can be significantly enhanced by an ultra-slowly propagating pump wave, a three-photon destructive interference between the generated wave and the pump wave limits the final achievable conversion efficiency.
Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Volume
68
Issue
5

Keywords

destructive interference, four-wave mixing, nonlinear optics

Citation

Deng, L. and Payne, M. (2003), Three-photon destructive interference in ultraslow-propagation-enhanced four-wave mixing, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.051801 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created November 4, 2003, Updated November 10, 2018