A thin atomic vapor as a nonlinear optical medium

B. Ai; D. S. Glassner; R. J. Knize; J. P. Partanen

doi:10.1063/1.110970

A thin atomic vapor as a nonlinear optical medium

B. Ai^*, D. S. Glassner, R. J. Knize, J. P. Partanen

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University of Southern California

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We demonstrate efficient degenerate four-wave mixing in a 10 μm cell of cesium atomic vapor using resonant light. This thin atomic vapor can be utilized for processing high resolution images in a joint transform optical correlator. A figure of merit is presented showing that thin atomic vapors can perform optical correlation of images using fewer photons than other materials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	951-953
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	64
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.110970
Publication status	Published - 1994
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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