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Strong light-matter coupling: parametric interactions in a cavity and free-space

I. B. Mekhov, V. S. Egorov, V. N. Lebedev, P. V. Moroshkin, I. A. Chekhonin, S. N. Bagayev

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0607033

Abstract

We consider parametric interactions of laser pulses in a coherent macroscopic ensemble of resonant atoms, which are possible in the strong coupling regime of light-matter interaction. The spectrum condensation (lasing at collective vacuum Rabi sidebands) was studied in an active cavity configuration. Parametric interactions under the strong light-matter coupling were proved even in free space. In contrast to bichromatic beats in a cavity, they were shown to appear due to interference between polaritonic wave packets of different group velocities.

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