http://pra.aps.org/ Recently published articles in Phys. Rev. A in the Table of Content section "Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics" en-us Copyright (c) 2008 The American Physical Society 2008-05-07T08:08:43-04:00 assocpub@aps.org rss@aps.org hourly 4 2008-05-07T08:08:43-04:00 rss@aps.org http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.053802 Author(s): Thomas Paul, Carsten Rockstuhl, Christoph Menzel, and Falk Lederer<br/>We show that a longitudinal (Goos-Hänchen) and a transverse (Imbert-Fedorov) beam displacement can be observed upon total internal reflection at two-dimensional photonic crystal slabs. By inspecting only the dispersion relation of the photonic crystal we derive qualitative criteria for the directio...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 053802] Published Mon May 05, 2008 Thomas Paul, Carsten Rockstuhl, Christoph Menzel, and Falk Lederer 2008-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.053802 Phys. Rev. A 77, 053802 text/html article Physical Review A 77 5 2008-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 053802 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.053801 Author(s): I. N. Agafonov, M. V. Chekhova, T. Sh. Iskhakov, and A. N. Penin<br/>Difference-phase (or Hanbury Brown–Twiss type) intensity interference of classical light is considered in higher orders in the intensity. It is shown that, while the visibility of sum-phase (NOON-type) interference for classical sources drops with the order of interference, the visibility of diffe...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 053801] Published Mon May 05, 2008 I. N. Agafonov, M. V. Chekhova, T. Sh. Iskhakov, and A. N. Penin 2008-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.053801 Phys. Rev. A 77, 053801 text/html article Physical Review A 77 5 2008-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 053801 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043836 Author(s): Inés de Vega and Daniel Alonso<br/>We present a formula to evaluate the spontaneous emission spectra of an atom in contact with a radiation field with non-Markovian effects. This formula is written in terms of a two-time correlation of system observables and the environmental correlation function, and depends on the distance between ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043836] Published Tue Apr 29, 2008 Inés de Vega and Daniel Alonso 2008-04-29T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043836 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043836 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-29T00:00:00-04:00 043836 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043835 Author(s): Peter W. Milonni, Rodney Loudon, Paul R. Berman, and Stephen M. Barnett<br/>Different expressions for the linear polarizability of a two-level atom with radiative corrections have been derived recently. We show that an expression said to differ from that obtained by the present authors is in fact consistent with it. The same-sign and opposite-sign prescriptions for linewidt...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043835] Published Tue Apr 29, 2008 Peter W. Milonni, Rodney Loudon, Paul R. Berman, and Stephen M. Barnett 2008-04-29T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043835 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043835 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-29T00:00:00-04:00 043835 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043834 Author(s): Alexander Ling, Antía Lamas-Linares, and Christian Kurtsiefer<br/>We provide an estimate of the absolute values of the emission rate of photon pairs produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a bulk crystal when all interacting fields are in single transverse Gaussian modes. Both collinear and noncollinear configurations are covered, and we arrive at a ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043834] Published Mon Apr 28, 2008 Alexander Ling, Antía Lamas-Linares, and Christian Kurtsiefer 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043834 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043834 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 043834 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043833 Author(s): Anatoly Svidzinsky and Jun-Tao Chang<br/>We study emission of a single photon from a spherically symmetric cloud of N atoms (one atom is excited; N−1 are in the ground state) and present an exact analytical expression for eigenvalues and eigenstates of this many-body problem. We found that some states decay much faster than the single-at...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043833] Published Mon Apr 28, 2008 Anatoly Svidzinsky and Jun-Tao Chang 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043833 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043833 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 043833 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043832 Author(s): Ivan F. Santos, J. G. Aguirre-Gómez, and S. Pádua<br/>Relating to magnified image formation systems, we consider two processes in this work: quantum and classical incoherent imaging. There are similarities and differences between them. A similarity is that the optical transfer functions (OTFs) of both systems are obtained by calculating a correlation f...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043832] Published Mon Apr 28, 2008 Ivan F. Santos, J. G. Aguirre-Gómez, and S. Pádua 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043832 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043832 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 043832 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043831 Author(s): Robert W. Schoonover, Adam M. Zysk, P. Scott Carney, John C. Schotland, and Emil Wolf<br/>A method is described which elucidates propagation of an electromagnetic field generated by a stochastic, electromagnetic source within the short wavelength limit. The results can be used to determine statistical properties of fields using ray tracing methods.<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043831] Published Thu Apr 24, 2008 Robert W. Schoonover, Adam M. Zysk, P. Scott Carney, John C. Schotland, and Emil Wolf 2008-04-24T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043831 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043831 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-24T00:00:00-04:00 043831 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043830 Author(s): O. Firstenberg, M. Shuker, R. Pugatch, D. R. Fredkin, N. Davidson, and A. Ron<br/>We present a theoretical model for electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in vapor that incorporates atomic motion and velocity-changing collisions into the dynamics of the density-matrix distribution. Within a unified formalism, we demonstrate various motional effects, known for EIT in vapo...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043830] Published Wed Apr 23, 2008 O. Firstenberg, M. Shuker, R. Pugatch, D. R. Fredkin, N. Davidson, and A. Ron 2008-04-23T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043830 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043830 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-23T00:00:00-04:00 043830 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.045804 Author(s): K. J. Jiang, L. Deng, E. W. Hagley, and M. G. Payne<br/>Using a full density matrix formalism we show that for a lifetime broadened four-level scheme with a signal wave gain medium a large nonlinear phase shift can be induced without signal wave slowdown and attenuation. In this system the signal wave acquires a large nonlinear phase shift and travels wi...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 045804] Published Tue Apr 22, 2008 K. J. Jiang, L. Deng, E. W. Hagley, and M. G. Payne 2008-04-22T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.045804 Phys. Rev. A 77, 045804 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-22T00:00:00-04:00 045804 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043829 Author(s): Z. Y. Ou<br/>The complementarity principle of quantum mechanics relates qualitatively the visibility of quantum interference with path indistinguishability. A quantitative study was recently presented [Z. Y. Ou, Phys. Rev. A 74, 063808 (2006)]. Following the formalism of this study, we investigate another scheme...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043829] Published Tue Apr 22, 2008 Z. Y. Ou 2008-04-22T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043829 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043829 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-22T00:00:00-04:00 043829 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043828 Author(s): Dumitru Mihalache, Dumitru Mazilu, Falk Lederer, and Yuri S. Kivshar<br/>We study spatiotemporal light localization in truncated one-dimensional arrays of optical waveguides in the presence of gain and loss. We demonstrate the existence of classes of continuous-discrete spatiotemporal Ginzburg-Landau solitons, which include the so-called dissipative surface light bullets...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043828] Published Tue Apr 22, 2008 Dumitru Mihalache, Dumitru Mazilu, Falk Lederer, and Yuri S. Kivshar 2008-04-22T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043828 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043828 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-22T00:00:00-04:00 043828 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043827 Author(s): M. Scala, B. Militello, A. Messina, S. Maniscalco, J. Piilo, and K.-A. Suominen<br/>In population trapping the occupation of a decaying quantum level keeps a constant nonzero value. We show that an atom-cavity system interacting with an environment characterized by a nonflat spectrum, in the non-Markovian limit, exhibits such a behavior, effectively realizing the preservation of no...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043827] Published Fri Apr 18, 2008 M. Scala, B. Militello, A. Messina, S. Maniscalco, J. Piilo, and K.-A. Suominen 2008-04-18T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043827 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043827 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-18T00:00:00-04:00 043827 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043826 Author(s): Y. J. He, Boris A. Malomed, Dumitru Mihalache, and H. Z. Wang<br/>Using the model of the so-called “accessible solitons” in nonlocal nonlinear media, we introduce a species of two-dimensional stable spatial solitons featuring the shape of spinning “bearings” (ring beams periodically modulated in the azimuthal direction). They are generated by a superpositi...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043826] Published Fri Apr 18, 2008 Y. J. He, Boris A. Malomed, Dumitru Mihalache, and H. Z. Wang 2008-04-18T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043826 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043826 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-18T00:00:00-04:00 043826 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043825 Author(s): G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, M. Bloemer, and A. Desyatnikov<br/>We show that a superresolution process with 100% visibility is characterized by the formation of a point of phase singularity in free space outside a metamaterial in the form of a saddle with topological charge equal to −1 . The saddle point is connected to two vortices at the end boundaries of th...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043825] Published Thu Apr 17, 2008 G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, M. Bloemer, and A. Desyatnikov 2008-04-17T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043825 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043825 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-17T00:00:00-04:00 043825 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043824 Author(s): G. Valiulis, A. Dubietis, and A. Piskarskas<br/>We propose a method for amplification of complex localized ultrashort wave packets ( X pulses or X waves). We present an analytical derivation and numerical simulations of broadband parametric amplification of chirped X pulses in a noncentrosymmetric medium with quadratic nonlinearity. Our results s...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043824] Published Thu Apr 17, 2008 G. Valiulis, A. Dubietis, and A. Piskarskas 2008-04-17T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043824 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043824 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-17T00:00:00-04:00 043824 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043823 Author(s): A. V. Kim, S. A. Skobelev, D. Anderson, T. Hansson, and M. Lisak<br/>Exact soliton solutions containing only a few cycles are found within the framework of a nonlinear full wave equation in a Kerr medium. It is proven numerically that they are stable and play a fundamental role in the pulse propagation dynamics. These wave solitons cover the range from the fundamenta...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043823] Published Thu Apr 17, 2008 A. V. Kim, S. A. Skobelev, D. Anderson, T. Hansson, and M. Lisak 2008-04-17T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043823 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043823 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-17T00:00:00-04:00 043823 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043822 Author(s): C. Di Fidio, W. Vogel, M. Khanbekyan, and D.-G. Welsch<br/>The dynamics of an initially excited two-level atom in a lossy cavity is studied by using the quantum trajectory method. Unwanted losses are included, such as photon absorption and scattering by the cavity mirrors and spontaneous emission of the atom. Based on the obtained analytical solutions, it i...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043822] Published Wed Apr 16, 2008 C. Di Fidio, W. Vogel, M. Khanbekyan, and D.-G. Welsch 2008-04-16T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043822 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043822 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-16T00:00:00-04:00 043822 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043821 Author(s): Fangwei Ye, Yaroslav V. Kartashov, and Lluis Torner<br/>We address the stabilization of dipole solitons in nonlocal nonlinear materials by two different approaches. First, we study the properties of such solitons in thermal nonlinear media, where the refractive index landscapes induced by laser beams strongly depend on the boundary conditions and on the ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043821] Published Wed Apr 16, 2008 Fangwei Ye, Yaroslav V. Kartashov, and Lluis Torner 2008-04-16T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043821 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043821 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-16T00:00:00-04:00 043821 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043820 Author(s): S. Sukhov, D. Haefner, and A. Dogariu<br/>We describe the concept of stochastic scattering polarimetry. This method allows determination of the anisotropic polarizability of a scattering object using a statistical analysis of the polarimetrically measured intensity distributions in the wave zone (far field). We show that this anisotropic po...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043820] Published Wed Apr 16, 2008 S. Sukhov, D. Haefner, and A. Dogariu 2008-04-16T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043820 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043820 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-16T00:00:00-04:00 043820 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043819 Author(s): Vassilios Yannopapas and Pavlos G. Galiatsatos<br/>According to the theory of Veselago, when a particle immersed within a metamaterial with negative refractive index is illuminated by plane wave, it experiences a reversed radiation force due to the antiparallel directions of the phase velocity and energy flow. By employing an ab initio method, we sh...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043819] Published Tue Apr 15, 2008 Vassilios Yannopapas and Pavlos G. Galiatsatos 2008-04-15T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043819 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043819 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-15T00:00:00-04:00 043819 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043818 Author(s): X.-M. Liu<br/>Multiple four-wave-mixing (FWM) processes with multifrequency pumps in optical fibers are investigated theoretically and experimentally. The propagation equations describing the FWM nonlinear interactions between pump waves and “first-order” sideband waves are derived. Based on our theoretical m...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043818] Published Mon Apr 14, 2008 X.-M. Liu 2008-04-14T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043818 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043818 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-14T00:00:00-04:00 043818 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043817 Author(s): G. Kozyreff, J. L. Dominguez Juarez, and Jordi Martorell<br/>The theory of surface-second-harmonic generation in a dielectric microsphere using whispering-gallery modes (WGMs) is developed. The second-order nonlinearity is restricted to the surface of the sphere. The coupling coefficients for a coupled-mode theory are derived and conditions for double resonan...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043817] Published Mon Apr 14, 2008 G. Kozyreff, J. L. Dominguez Juarez, and Jordi Martorell 2008-04-14T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043817 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043817 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-14T00:00:00-04:00 043817 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.045803 Author(s): Gadi Fibich and Nir Gavish<br/>We calculate the critical power for collapse of linearly polarized phase vortices, and show that this expression is more accurate than previous results. Unlike the nonvortex case, deviations from radial symmetry do not increase the critical power for collapse, but rather lead to disintegration into ...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 045803] Published Fri Apr 11, 2008 Gadi Fibich and Nir Gavish 2008-04-11T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.045803 Phys. Rev. A 77, 045803 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-11T00:00:00-04:00 045803 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043816 Author(s): A. Potts, W. Zhang, and D. M. Bagnall<br/>It is generally assumed that the propagation of light through a dielectric medium is always reciprocal under reversal of the propagation direction. We show that in an all-dielectric diffractive system nonreciprocal polarization changes are possible for individual diffracted beams when the diffractiv...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043816] Published Thu Apr 10, 2008 A. Potts, W. Zhang, and D. M. Bagnall 2008-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043816 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043816 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 043816 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043815 Author(s): T. Wang, L. Zhao, L. Jiang, and S. F. Yelin<br/>We study the coherence properties of optical vortices stored in atomic ensembles. In the presence of thermal diffusion, the topological nature of stored optical vortices is found not to guarantee slow decoherence. Instead the stored vortex state’s decoherence is surprisingly larger than the stored...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043815] Published Thu Apr 10, 2008 T. Wang, L. Zhao, L. Jiang, and S. F. Yelin 2008-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043815 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043815 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 043815 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043814 Author(s): P. Polesana, M. Franco, A. Couairon, D. Faccio, and P. Di Trapani<br/>In contrast with filamentation of ultrashort laser pulses with standard Gaussian beams in Kerr media, three different types of Bessel filaments are obtained in air or in water by focusing ultrashort laser pulses with an axicon. We thoroughly investigate the different regimes and show that the beam r...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043814] Published Thu Apr 10, 2008 P. Polesana, M. Franco, A. Couairon, D. Faccio, and P. Di Trapani 2008-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043814 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043814 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 043814 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043813 Author(s): K.-P. Marzlin, Jürgen Appel, and A. I. Lvovsky<br/>The Schrödinger motion of a charged quantum particle in an electromagnetic potential can be simulated by the paraxial dynamics of photons propagating through a spatially inhomogeneous medium. The inhomogeneity induces geometric effects that generate an artificial vector potential to which signal ph...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043813] Published Thu Apr 10, 2008 K.-P. Marzlin, Jürgen Appel, and A. I. Lvovsky 2008-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043813 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043813 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 043813 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.041802 Author(s): L. Zhao, T. Wang, Y. Xiao, and S. F. Yelin<br/>We theoretically investigate image storage in hot atomic vapor. A so-called 4f system is adopted for imaging and an atomic vapor cell is placed over the transform plane. The Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of an object in the object plane can thus be transformed into atomic Raman coherence according ...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/rapid30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="Rapid Communication"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 041802] Published Thu Apr 10, 2008 L. Zhao, T. Wang, Y. Xiao, and S. F. Yelin 2008-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.041802 Phys. Rev. A 77, 041802 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 041802 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043812 Author(s): A. B. Matsko, D. V. Strekalov, and N. Yu<br/>We theoretically discuss sensitivity limitations of a THz receiver which is based on up-conversion of the THz radiation into optical domain using high quality factor crystalline whispering gallery mode resonators. We show that the sensitivity of the receiver operating in the nonlinear regime approac...<br/>[Phys. Rev. A 77, 043812] Published Wed Apr 09, 2008 A. B. Matsko, D. V. Strekalov, and N. Yu 2008-04-09T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043812 Phys. Rev. A 77, 043812 text/html article Physical Review A 77 4 2008-04-09T00:00:00-04:00 043812 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics