INVERSIONLESS AMPLIFICATION OF PICOSECOND PULSES DUE TO ZEEMAN COHERENCE

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作者
NOTTELMANN, A
PETERS, C
LANGE, W
机构
[1] Institut für Angewandte Physik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-4400 Münster
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1783
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We extend the basic idea of inversionless amplification to a picosecond test pulse in the absence of initial optical coherences. The crucial role of population trapping by lower level Zeeman coherence in atomic samarium vapor (J = 1 <-> J' = 0) is demonstrated experimentally and theoretically in a time separated preparation-test setup.
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页码:1783 / 1786
页数:4
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