Abstract

We have demonstrated enhanced nondegenerate four-wave mixing by use of a resonant probe in a double-$\mathrm{\Lambda }$ system consisting of an optically dense spectral hole–burning solid. The observed probe diffraction efficiency is $\sim 16\%$ in amplitude at 6 K, which is higher than for an off-resonant probe in a $\mathrm{\Lambda }$-type scheme. We have also observed two-photon coherence line narrowing, which has potential application to high-resolution spectroscopy.

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Enhanced nondegenerate four-wave mixing owing to electromagnetically induced transparency in a spectral hole-burning crystal

B. S. Ham, M. S. Shahriar, and P. R. Hemmer
Opt. Lett. 22(15) 1138-1140 (1997)

Frequency-selective time-domain optical data storage by electromagnetically induced transparency in a rare-earth-doped solid

B. S. Ham, M. S. Shahriar, M. K. Kim, and P. R. Hemmer
Opt. Lett. 22(24) 1849-1851 (1997)

Raman-excited spin coherences in nitrogen-vacancy color centers in diamond

P. R. Hemmer, A. V. Turukhin, M. S. Shahriar, and J. A. Musser
Opt. Lett. 26(6) 361-363 (2001)

Nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a double-? system under the influence of coherent population trapping

Baolong Lü, W. H. Burkett, and Min Xiao
Opt. Lett. 23(10) 804-806 (1998)

Electromagnetically induced transparency over spectral hole-burning temperature in a rare-earth–doped solid

Byoung S. Ham, Selim M. Shahriar, and Philip R. Hemmer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16(5) 801-804 (1999)