A THIN ATOMIC VAPOR AS A NONLINEAR-OPTICAL MEDIUM

Authors
AI B GLASSNER DS KNIZE RJ PARTANEN JP
Citation
B. Ai et al., A THIN ATOMIC VAPOR AS A NONLINEAR-OPTICAL MEDIUM, Applied physics letters, 64(8), 1994, pp. 951-953
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
64
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
951 - 953
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1994)64:8<951:ATAVAA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We demonstrate efficient degenerate four-wave mixing in a 10 mum cell of cesium atomic vapor using resonant light. This thin atomic vapor ca n be utilized for processing high resolution images in a joint transfo rm optical correlator. A figure of merit is presented showing that thi n atomic vapors can perform optical correlation of images using fewer photons than other materials.