Title
Electromagnetically induced cross focusing in a four-level atomic medium
Date Issued
01 December 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
OSA - The Optical Society
Abstract
We describe cross focusing in a four-level atomic medium under electromagnetically induced transparency. We show that due to the giant Kerr nonlinearity experienced by the atoms, cross focusing between weak signal and probe fields (both fields with intensities below line saturation level) is possible. By applying different intensity masks to the signal field, different lenses (cylindrical, Fresnel, Gaussian) can be induced in the atomic sample. Focusing of the probe beam is analyzed in terms of the excitation parameters (signal Rabi frequency and detuning, as well as optical depth of the atomic medium).
Start page
1574
End page
1579
Volume
33
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física atómica, molecular y química
Electroquímica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84982832821
Source
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
ISSN of the container
07403224
Sources of information:
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