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Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 3099–3102 (1993)

Nonlinear optical generation using electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic hydrogen

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G. Z. Zhang and K. Hakuta
Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, and Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182, Japan

B. P. Stoicheff
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, and the Ontario Laser Lightwave Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A7

Received 17 August 1993; published in the issue dated 8 November 1993

Nonlinear optical generation using electromagnetically induced transparency is demonstrated with atomic hydrogen as a test medium. With the application of a strong-coupling laser field to the 3p-2s transition, the resonant Lyman-β (3p-1s) transition becomes transparent. The generated-sum-frequency Lyman-β radiation at 103 nm can continue to grow without suffering resonant absorption and phase mismatching.

© 1993 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.3099
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.3099
PACS:
42.65.Ky, 32.80.Fb, 42.50.Hz
 
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