Abstract

We present measurements of the resonance structure for nondegenerate four-wave mixing (4WM) in the diamond configuration in a warm atomic vapor of rubidium. We show that a narrow sub-Doppler feature exists and can be understood as a result of velocity-class selection. We measure the efficiency of the 4WM process and show it to be on the order of 1x10(-4). Our observations are consistent with the results of a theoretical treatment based on the semiclassical Maxwell-Bloch equations for the system with the appropriate coupling values derived from the experimental values in Rb.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2009
Volume
79
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.79.033814
Journal
Physical Review A
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