Cross-phase modulation enhancement via a resonating cavity: Semiclassical description

Julián Martínez-RINCÓN*, John C. Howell

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Abstract

We evaluate the advantages of performing cross-phase modulation (XPM) on a very-far-off-resonance atomic system. We consider a ladder system with a weak (few-photon level) control coherent field imparting a conditional nonlinear phase shift on a probe beam. We find that by coupling to an optical resonator, the optimal XPM is enhanced proportional to the finesse of the resonator by a factor of F ?4φ. We present a semiclassical description of the system and show that the phenomenon is optimal in the self-defined condition of off-resonance effective cooperativity equal to one.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1225-1232
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume33
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2016
Externally publishedYes

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