Multi-Wave Mixing Processes (eBook)

From Ultrafast Polarization Beats to Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

Yanpeng Zhang, Min Xiao (Autoren)

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2009 | 2009
300 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-89528-2 (ISBN)

Infos

'Multi-Wave Mixing Processes - From Ultrafast Polarization Beats to Electromagnetically Induced Transparency' discusses the interactions of efficient multi-wave mixing (MWM) processes enhanced by atomic coherence in multilevel atomic systems. It covers topics in five major areas: attosecond and femtosecond polarization beats of four-wave mixing (FWM) processes; heterodyne detection of FWM, six-wave mixing (SWM) and eight-wave mixing (EWM) processes; Raman and Rayleigh enhanced polarization beats; coexistence and interactions of MWM processes via electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT); multi-dressing MWM processes.

The book is intended for researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Nonlinear Optics.

Dr. Yanpeng Zhang is a professor at the Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University. Dr. Min Xiao is a professor of Physics at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, U.S.A.

Inhalt

Preface 5
Contents 8
1 Introduction 12
1.1 Nonlinear Susceptibility 12
1.2 Four-wave Mixing 16
1.3 Generalized Resonant MWM in Multi-level Atomic Systems 18
1.4 Enhanced Nonlinearity via Electromagnetically Induced Transparency 23
References 26
2 Femtosecond Polarization Beats 29
2.1 Effects of Field-correlation on Polarization Beats 29
2.2 Correlation Effects of Chaotic and Phase-diffusion Fields 41
2.3 Higher-order Correlations of Markovian Stochastic Fields on Polarization Beats 55
References 71
3 Attosecond Polarization Beats 74
3.1 Polarization Beats in Markovian Stochastic Fields 74
3.2 Perturbation Theory 77
3.3 Second-order Stochastic Correlation of SFPB 84
3.4 Fourth-order Stochastic Correlation of SFPB 99
3.5 Discussion and Conclusion 107
References 114
4 Heterodyne/Homodyne Detection of MWM 117
4.1 Modified Two-photon Absorption and Dispersion of Ultrafast Third-order Polarization Beats 117
4.2 Color-locking Phase Control of Fifth-order Nonlinear Response 142
4.3 Seventh-order Nonlinear Response 147
References 152
5 Raman- and Rayleigh-enhanced Polarization Beats 155
5.1 Raman-enhanced Polarization Beats 156
5.2 Rayleigh-enhanced Attosecond Sum-frequency Polarization Beats 181
References 216
6 Coexistence of MWM Processes via EIT Windows 218
6.1 Opening FWM and SWM Channels 218
6.2 Enhancement of SWM by Atomic Coherence 227
6.3 Observation of Interference between FWM and SWM 234
6.4 Controlling FWM and SWM Processes 238
References 244
7 Interactions of MWM Processes 246
7.1 Competition between Two FWM Channels 246
7.2 E.cient Energy Transfer between FWM and SWM Processes 253
7.3 Spatial and Temporal Interferences between Coexisting FWM and SWM Signals 262
References 269
8 Multi-dressed MWM Processes 272
8.1 Matched Ultraslow Pulse Propagations in Highly- E.cient FWM 272
8.2 Generalized Dressed and Doubly-dressed MWM Processes 294
8.3 Interacting MWM Processes in a Five-level System with Doubly-dressing Fields 303
References 326
Index 328

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.6.2009
• Zusatzinfo: 300 p. 134 illus.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: Attosecond Polarization beatsAttosecond Polarization beats • EIT • Electromagnetically induced transparency • Femtosecond Polarization beats • HEP • Heterodyne detection • Multi-dressing • Multi-wave mixing • MWM • Nonlinear Optics • Optics • Polarizat • polarization • Polarization beats
• ISBN-10: 3-540-89528-0 / 3540895280
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-89528-2 / 9783540895282