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Multi-wave mixing Autler-Townes splitting in the five-level atomic system

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We have demonstrated the Autler-Townes (AT) splitting of the four-wave mixing (FWM) process and the six-wave mixing (SWM) process in an electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) window in five-level atomic vapor of 87Rb. Moreover, we discuss interactions of multi-dressed states. The experimental results agree well with the theoretical analysis.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics, Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique and School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    ZhenKun Wu, PeiYing Li, ZhaoYang Zhang, SuLing Sang, RuiMin Wang & YanPeng Zhang

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Wu, Z., Li, P., Zhang, Z. et al. Multi-wave mixing Autler-Townes splitting in the five-level atomic system. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 54, 1600 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-011-4445-3

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