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Infrared Degenerate Four-wave Mixing with Upconversion Detection for Quantitative Gas Sensing
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Enhanced nondegenerate four-wave mixing owing to electromagnetically induced transparency in a spectral hole-burning
Optics Letters
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
We have demonstrated electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in an inhomogeneously broadened spectral hole-burning system of Pr(3+)-doped Y(2)SiO(5) at 6 K. We have also shown enhancement of four-wave mixing under conditions of reduced absorption. This demonstration opens the possibilities of pursuing EIT applications such as high-resolution optical image processing and optical data storage in solids.
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