Time-domain Fresnel-to-Fraunhofer diffraction with photon echoes

被引:9
作者
Ménager, L
Lorgeré, I
Le Gouët, JL
Mohan, RK
Kröll, S
机构
[1] CNRS 2, Aime Cotton Lab, F-91405 Orsay, France
[2] Lund Inst Technol, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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D O I
10.1364/OL.24.000927
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A photon echo experiment in Tm3+:YAG is reported that shows, for the first time to the authors' knowledge, the time-domain equivalent of the transition from near- to far-field diffraction, including Talbot self-imaging effects. The experiment demonstrates the huge dispersion capability of photon echoes and opens the way to further exploration of space-time duality. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 190.4380, 070.6760, 070.4790, 200.4740.
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页码:927 / 929
页数:3
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