2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/142910We derive a cross-Kerr type effective Hamiltonian for the four-level atom interacting with three electromagnetic fields in the N-configuration. When the atom has relaxed into the ground state a cross-Kerr nonlinearity arises between two weak probe fields. As a development on earlier work we show in general that the atom will also display a linear and self-Kerr response. However, if certain resonance conditions are satisfied then the linear and self-Kerr interactions will vanish. The electrical susceptibilities of the probe transitions are also explored and it is shown that a large, pure cross-Kerr nonlinearity can be generated with vanishing absorption of both probe fields.7 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. A, Replacement: added Acknowledgments sectionQuantum Physicstext