Enhanced self-action effects and slow-light optical solitons by electromagnetically induced transparency in the two-level atom

Author

Boyd, R.W. ; Aronstein, D. ; Bennink, R. ; Lukishova, S. ; Park, Q.-H. ; Stroud, C. ; Wong, V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

6-10 Aug. 2000

Firstpage

284

Lastpage

286

Abstract

Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) has been studied primarily within the context of a multilevel atomic system. We show that EIT can occur in a two-level atomic system and can lead to strong self-action effects that are not hampered by material absorption, with important implications for processes such as squeezed-light generation and the propagation of optical solitons.

Keywords

light absorption; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical solitons; optical squeezing; transparency; electromagnetically induced transparency; enhanced self-action effects; material absorption; multilevel atomic system; optical soliton propagation; slow-light optical solitons; squeezed-light generation; strong self-action effects; two-level atom; two-level atomic system; Atom optics; Electromagnetic propagation; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 2000. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

Kaua´i-Lihue, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-646-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.2000.883650

Filename

883650