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View SchemaObservation of absorptive photon switching by quantum interference
| Authors | Min Yan, Edward G. Rickey, Yifu Zhu |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0105065 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0105065 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.041801 |
Abstract
We report an experimental demonstration of photon switching by quantum interference in a four-level atomic system proposed by Harris and Yamamoto (Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3611 (1998)). Quantum interference inhibits single-photon absorption but enhances third-order, two-photon type absorption in the four-level system. We have observed greatly enhanced nonlinear absorption in the four-level system realized with cold 87Rb atoms and demonstrated fast switching of the nonlinear absorption with a pulsed pump laser.
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