Published 2006
| Version v1
Journal article
Bunching-induced asymmetry in degenerate four-wave mixing with cold atoms
- Others:
- Institut Non Linéaire de Nice Sophia-Antipolis (INLN) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Scuola Normale Superiore ; Scuola Normlae Superiore Pisa
- Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics ; California Institute of Technology (CALTECH)
Description
We have investigated degenerate four-wave mixing in a sample of cold rubidium atoms. A red-blue asymmetry is observed for high intensities of the pumping beams. This asymmetry is explained by the spatial bunching of the atoms in the nodes or antinodes of the strong standing wave of the pump beams. This explanation is confirmed by different experimental configurations and by numerical simulations.
Abstract
7 pages
Additional details
- URL
- https://hal.science/hal-00102286
- URN
- urn:oai:HAL:hal-00102286v1
- Origin repository
- UNICA