Nonlinear Optics at Ultra Low Power in a High-Finesse Optical Cavity with Metastable Xenon

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2014-06

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G. T. Hickman, T. B. Pittman, and J. D. Franson, "Nonlinear Optics at Ultra Low Power in a High-Finesse Optical Cavity with Metastable Xenon," in CLEO: 2014, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2014), paper FTh3B.1., https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2014.FTh3B.1

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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.