Multi-wave mixing processes : from ultrafast polarization beats to electromagnetically induced transparency / Yanpeng Zhang, Min Xiao.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Zhang, Yanpeng.

Contributor:

• Xiao, Min, 1959-
• Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Nonlinear optics.
• Electromagnetic waves--Polarization.
• Picosecond pulses.

Physical Description:

xii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Springer, [2009]

Summary:

• 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.

Contents:

• 1 Introduction 1
• 1.1 Nonlinear Susceptibility 1
• 1.2 Four-wave Mixing 5
• 1.3 Generalized Resonant MWM in Multi-level Atomic Systems 7
• 1.4 Enhanced Nonlinearity via Electromagnetically Induced Transparency 12
• References 15
• 2 Femtosecond Polarization Beats 18
• 2.1 Effects of Field-correlation on Polarization Beats 18
• 2.1.1 PBFS in a Doppler-broadened System 23
• 2.1.2 Photon-echo 26
• 2.1.3 Experiment and Result 27
• 2.2 Correlation Effects of Chaotic and Phase-diffusion Fields 30
• 2.2.1 Photon-echo 38
• 2.2.2 Experiment and Result 41
• 2.3 Higher-order Correlations of Markovian Stochastic Fields on Polarization Beats 44
• 2.3.1 HOCPB in a Doppler-broadened System 50
• 2.3.2 Photon-echo 51
• 2.3.3 Experiment and Result 57
• References 60
• 3 Attosecond Polarization Beats 63
• 3.1 Polarization Beats in Markovian Stochastic Fields 63
• 3.2 Perturbation Theory 66
• 3.3 Second-order Stochastic Correlation of SFPB 73
• 3.4 Fourth-order Stochastic Correlation of SFPB 88
• 3.5 Discussion and Conclusion 96
• References 103
• 4 Heterodyne/Homodyne Detection of MWM 106
• 4.1 Modified Two-photon Absorption and Dispersion of Ultrafast Third-order Polarization Beats 106
• 4.1.1 Liouville Pathways 108
• 4.1.2 Color-locking Stochastic Correlations 113
• 4.1.3 Purely Homogeneously-broadened Medium 116
• 4.1.4 Extremely Doppler-Broadened Limit 122
• 4.1.5 Discussion and Conclusion 130
• 4.2 Color-locking Phase Control of Fifth-order Nonlinear Response 131
• 4.3 Seventh-order Nonlinear Response 136
• References 141
• 5 Raman- and Rayleigh-enhanced Polarization Beats 144
• 5.1 Raman-enhanced Polarization Beats 145
• 5.1.1 Chaotic Field 149
• 5.1.2 Raman Echo 154
• 5.1.3 Phase-diffusion Field 156
• 5.1.4 Gaussian-amplitude Field 159
• 5.1.5 Experiment and Result 166
• 5.2 Rayleigh-enhanced Attosecond Sum-frequency Polarization Beats 170
• 5.2.1 Stochastic Correlation Effects of RFWM 175
• 5.2.2 Homodyne Detection of Sum-frequency RASPB 188
• 5.2.3 Heterodyne Detection of the Sum-frequency RASPB 197
• 5.2.4 Discussion and Conclusion 202
• References 205
• 6 Coexistence of MWM Processes via EIT Windows 207
• 6.1 Opening FWM and SWM Channels 207
• 6.2 Enhancement of SWM by Atomic Coherence 216
• 6.3 Observation of Interference between FWM and SWM 223
• 6.4 Controlling FWM and SWM Processes 227
• References 233
• 7 Interactions of MWM Processes 235
• 7.1 Competition between Two FWM Channels 235
• 7.2 Efficient Energy Transfer between FWM and SWM Processes 242
• 7.3 Spatial and Temporal Interferences between Coexisting FWM and SWM Signals 251
• References 258
• 8 Multi-dressed MWM Processes 261
• 8.1 Matched Ultraslow Pulse Propagations in Highly-Efficient FWM 261
• 8.1.1 Time-dependent, Adiabatic Treatment for Matched Probe and NDFWM Signal Pulses 267
• 8.1.2 Steady-state Analysis 273
• 8.1.3 Discussion and Outlook 281
• 8.2 Generalized Dressed and Doubly-dressed MWM Processes 283
• 8.2.1 Generalized Dressed-(2n-2)WM and Doubly-dressed-(2n-4) WM Processes 284
• 8.2.2 Interplays Among Coexisting FWM, SWM, and EWM Processes 287
• 8.3 Interacting MWM Processes in a Five-level System with Doubly-dressing Fields 292
• 8.3.1 Three Doubly-Dressing Schemes 294
• 8.3.2 Aulter-Townes Splitting, Suppression, and Enhancement 299
• 8.3.3 Competition between Two Coexisting Dressed MWM 307
• 8.3.4 Conclusion and Outlook 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

• 9783540895275
• 3540895272
• 9787040257953
• 7040257955
• 3540895280
• 9783540895282

OCLC:

297148498

Publisher Number:

99934680446

Online:

The Rosengarten Family Fund Home Page