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Title: Four-wave mixing with anti-parity-time symmetry in hot 85Rb vapor
We report an experimental demonstration of anti-parity-time symmetric optical four-wave mixing in thermal rubidium vapor, where the propagation of probe and stokes fields in a double-Λ scheme is governed by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. We are particularly interested in studying quantum intensity correlations between the two fields near the exceptional point, taking into account loss and accompanied Langevin noise. Our experimental measurements of classical four-wave mixing gain and the associated two-mode relative-intensity squeezing are in reasonable agreement with the theoretical predictions.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2110212
PAR ID:
10519996
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
AIP
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Volume:
124
Issue:
4
ISSN:
0003-6951
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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