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Efficient microwave-induced optical frequency conversion

Quantum Physics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Frequency conversion process is studied in a medium of atoms with a Λ\Lambda configuration of levels, where transition between two lower states is driven by a microwave field. In this system, conversion efficiency can be very high by virtue of the effect of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Depending on intensity of the microwave field, two regimes of EIT are realized: ''dark-state'' EIT for the weak field, and Autler-Townes-type EIT for the strong one. We study both cases via analytical and numerical solution and find optimum conditions for the conversion.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9912063,
  title  = {Efficient microwave-induced optical frequency conversion},
  author = {D. V. Kosachiov and E. A. Korsunsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9912063},
  year   = {2009}
}

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15 pages, 5 figures