Three-photon destructive interference in ultra-slow propagation enhanced four-wave mixing

L. Deng; M. G. Payne

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.68.051801

Three-photon destructive interference in ultra-slow propagation enhanced four-wave mixing

L. Deng, M. G. Payne

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National Institute of Standards and Technology

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We show that, although the efficiency of a multiwave 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.

Original language	American English
Article number	051801
Pages (from-to)	518011-518014
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review A
Volume	68
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.051801
State	Published - Nov 3 2003

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