  We have demonstrated experimentally that infrared light at 1529.4nm can be
converted into the visible at 780nm with 54% efficiency through a ladder-type
atomic configuration in 85Rb. Specifically we theoretically analyze that high
efficiency is due to the large nonlinear dispersion of the index of refraction
from the off-resonant enhancement in a four-wave mixing (FWM) process. By using
two perpendicular polarized pump fields, the coherence of two FWM processes in
this configuration is verified.
