Title :
Increasing the giant Kerr effect by narrowing the EIT window beyond the signal bandwidth
Author :
Dmochowski, Greg ; Feizpour, A. ; Hallaji, Matin ; Chao Zhuang ; Hayat, A. ; Steinberg, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We experimentally show that giant EIT-based Kerr nonlinearities may make use of EIT windows narrower than the signal bandwidth, allowing for experiments with short signal pulses to benefit from this enhancement, e.g. for QND measurements.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical windows; quantum optics; self-induced transparency; EIT window; Kerr nonlinearities; QND measurements; electromagnetically induced transparency; giant Kerr effect; quantum nondemolition measurements; short signal pulses; signal bandwidth; Bandwidth; Laser excitation; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical variables measurement; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
