• DocumentCode
    689779
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834166
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689779