Four-wave mixing involving Rydberg states in thermal vapor

A Kölle, G Epple, H Kübler, R Löw, T Pfau - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2012 - APS
We present experimental results on nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a thermal vapor cell
of rubidium atoms via highly excited Rydberg states. We observe sub-Doppler spectral …

Parametric four-wave mixing using a single cw laser

E Brekke, L Alderson - Optics Letters, 2013 - opg.optica.org
Four-wave mixing can be used to generate coherent output beams, with frequencies difficult
to acquire in commercial lasers. Here, a single narrow external cavity diode laser locked to …

Two-photon resonant forward four-wave mixing in rubidium vapor involving Rydberg states

NR de Melo, SS Vianna - JOSA B, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report on observations of four-wave mixing in rubidium vapor via two-photon resonant
excitation with nd and (n+ 2) s states, for n= 14–20. The intensity of the generated beam is …

Phase matching alters spatial multiphoton processes in dense atomic ensembles

A Leszczyński, M Parniak, W Wasilewski - Optics Express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Multiphoton processes in dense atomic vapors such as four-wave mixing or coherent blue
light generation are typically viewed from single-atom perspective. Here we study the …

Enhanced nonlinearity of four-wave mixing via Rydberg–Rydberg interactions

XJ Zhang, H Chang, JY Huo, JH Wu - New Journal of Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the four-wave mixing (FWM) nonlinearity in an ensemble of cold Rydberg
atoms with each of them regarded as a double-ladder system. The interaction is studied from …

Controlling enhancement and suppression of four-wave mixing via polarized light

C Li, Y Zhang, Z Nie, Y Du, R Wang, J Song… - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2010 - APS
We show that the four-wave mixing (FWM) processes in a multi-Zeeman level atomic system
can be enhanced and suppressed by changing the polarization of one of the pump beams …

Polarization of signal wave radiation generated by parametric four-wave mixing in rubidium vapor: Ultrafast and nanosecond time scale excitation

CJ Zhu, AA Senin, ZH Lu, J Gao, Y **ao… - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2005 - APS
The polarization characteristics of the signal wave produced in Rb vapor by difference-
frequency, parametric four-wave mixing (FWM) has been investigated for either ultrafast (∼ …

Observation of Autler–Townes Splitting of Second-Order Fluorescence in Pr3+:YSO

D Zhang, H Lan, C Li, H Zheng, C Lei… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We investigate the second-order fluorescence (FL) signals of Pr3+: YSO both theoretically
and experimentally. For the first time, the Autler–Townes (AT) splitting effect of FL spectrum …

[BOOK][B] Photoionization, photodissociation, and long-range bond formation in molecular Rydberg states

EL Hamilton - 2003 - search.proquest.com
The Rydberg spectra of atoms and small molecules offers an experimentally convenient
probe for exploring the exchange of energy between Rydberg electrons and other forms of …

Polarization spectroscopy of dressed four-wave mixing in a three-level atomic system

R Wang, Y Du, Y Zhang, H Zheng, Z Nie, C Li, Y Li… - JOSA B, 2009 - opg.optica.org
Polarization properties of pure four-wave mixing (FWM) and dressed-FWM processes in a
two-level system and a cascade three-level atomic system are theoretically and …