Research
Research Interests
- Light
Manipulation of Neutral Atoms: cooling and trapping of neutral
atoms, atom optics with tailored optical beams, and laser spectroscopic
applications of trapped cold atoms.
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Laser
Induced Atomic Coherence: nonlinear optics with cold atoms, coherence
induced interference in atomic excitation and decay, and cavity-enhanced
nonlinear optics.
Fig. 1 Atom Optics Lab
Fig. 2 Quantum Optics Lab
Fig. 3: Magneto-Optical
Traps
Recent Publications
. “Phase-controled light switching
at low light levels”
H. Kang, G. Hernandez, J. Zhang, and Y. Zhu, Phys. Rev. A (Rapid.
Commun.) 73, 011802(R) (2006).
. “Nonlinear wave mixing
with EIT in cold atoms”
H. Kang, G. Hernadez, and Y. Zhu, Jourmal of Modern Optics 52, 2391
(2005).
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“Resonant four-wave mixing with slow light”
H.
Kang, G. Hernadez, and Y. Zhu, Phys. Rev. A (Rapid Commun.) 70, 061804(R) (2004)
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“Slow-light six-wave mixing at low light intensities”
H.
Kang, G. Hernandez, and Y. Zhu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 073601(2004).
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“Superluminal and slow light propagation in cold atoms”
H.
Kang, G. Hernadez, and Y. Zhu, Phys. Rev. A (Rapid Commun.) 70, 011801 (R) (2004)
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“Steady-state
population inversion via multiphoton electromagnetically induced
transparency”
Y. Zhu, L.
Wen, J. Saldana, and Y. Wu, JOSA B 21, 806(2004).
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“Electromagneticallin induced transparency in multilevel cascade
scheme of cold rubidium atoms”
J. Wang, L. Kong, X. Tu, K. Jiang, K. Li, H.
Xiong, Y. Zhu, and M. Zhan, Phys. Lett. A 328, 437(2004)
. “Observation
of large Kerr nonlinearity at low light intensities”
H. Kang and Y. Zhu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 93601 (2003).
. “Normal
or anomalous dispersion and gain in a resonant coherent medium”
H.
Kang, L. Wen and Y. Zhu, Phys. Rev. A 68, 063806 (2003).
. “Bichromatic
Electromagneticallin induced transparency in cold rubidium atoms”
J.
Wang, Y. Zhu, K. J. Jiang, and M. S. Zhan, Phys. Rev. A 68, 063810 (2003).
. “Efficient
Hyper-Raman scattering in resonant coherent medium”
Y. Wu, L. Wen, and Y. Zhu,
Opt. Lett. 28, 631 (2003)
.
“Large enhancement of four-wave mixing via EIT induced
suppression of nonlinear photon
absorptions”
Y. Wu,
J. Saldana, and Y. Zhu, Phys. Rev. A 67,
013811(2003).
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