• DocumentCode
    3020135
  • Title

    Giant Kerr effect in degenerate closed transitions

  • Author

    Molella, L. Spani ; Kühn, G. ; Rinkleff, R.-H. ; Danzmann, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Leibnitz Univ. Hannover, Hannover
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Giant Kerr nonlinearities about twelve orders of magnitudes greater than in glass were measured under negligible absorption conditions within two different closed transitions of the cesium D2line characterized by electromagnetically induced transparency or absorption.
  • Keywords
    caesium; optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; refractive index; Cs; cesium D2 line; degenerate closed transitions; electromagnetically induced absorption; electromagnetically induced transparency; giant Kerr effect; Dispersion; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Glass; Kerr effect; Laser transitions; Optical coupling; Optical interferometry; Probes; Refractive index; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453419
  • Filename
    4453419