Title :
Nonlinear optics at ultra low power in a high-finesse optical cavity with metastable xenon
Author :
Hickman, G.T. ; Pittman, T.B. ; Franson, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We propose metastable xenon gas as a medium for realizing room temperature nonlinear optics experiments in cavity QED. We demonstrate the viability of this scheme by saturating the 6s[3/2]2 to 6p[3/2]2 transition with nanowatt powers.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical resonators; quantum electrodynamics; xenon; QED; Xe; metastable xenon gas; nonlinear optics; optical cavity; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Discharges (electric); Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
