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

G. T. Hickman, T.B. Pittman, J.D. Franson, Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
2020
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.
doi:10.13016/m2egvc-tyds fatcat:7z336p7w4zb4rhrlwmgpbwexeu