Vol. 23 (2013): (NE-3) Workshop on Photonics
Artículos de investigación

Vectorial mechanism of nonlinearity enhancement in rubidium vapor

Nikolai Korneev National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE).
Chrystian Gutiérrez Parra National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE).

Published 2013-12-06

Keywords

  • Array,
  • Array,
  • Array

How to Cite

Vectorial mechanism of nonlinearity enhancement in rubidium vapor. (2013). Acta Universitaria, 23(6), 35-39. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2013.560

Abstract

We report the calculations of vectorial nonlinear properties of rubidium vapor for 87Rb D2 transition at moderate intensities. Different from Kerr nonlinearity, optimal intensity exists here, which depends on beam geometry. For intensities close to the optimal, the vectorial mechanism is much more efficient than a scalar one.

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