Comment on 'Large enhancement of four-wave mixing by suppression of photon absorption from electromagnetically induced transparency'

Journal Article · Thu Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.72.037801· OSTI ID:20718653

Buffa, Roberto; Tognetti, Marco V ^[1]; Cavalieri, Stefano ^[2]

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1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Siena, and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Via Roma 56, I-53100 Siena (Italy)
2. Dipartimento di Fisica, and European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy, Universita di Firenze, and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Via G. Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)

In this Comment we deal with a recent study of Ying Wu et al. [Phys. Rev. A 67, 013811 (2003)] on a four-wave mixing process. We show that the authors' claim, that a large enhancement of the generation efficiency can be obtained by suppression of photon absorption from electromagnetically induced transparency, is not correct.

• OSTI ID: 20718653
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 72; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ABSORPTION
EFFICIENCY
EXCITATION
FREQUENCY MIXING
OPACITY
PHOTON COLLISIONS
PHOTONS