SELF-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY IN SELF-CHIRPED MEDIA

被引:49
作者
STROUD, CR
BOWDEN, CM
ALLEN, L
机构
[1] USA,MISSILE COMMAND,CTR RES DEV & ENGN,AMSMI RD RE OP,RES DIRECTORATE,REDSTONE ARSENAL,AL 35898
[2] NE LONDON POLYTECH,DAGENHAM RM8 2AS,ESSEX,ENGLAND
关键词
ATOMS - MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - Boundary Value Problems;
D O I
10.1016/0030-4018(88)90033-8
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Resonant absorbing media having many atoms within a cubic resonance wavelength can exhibit large frequency chirps in pulse propagation due to dipole-dipole interactions among the atoms. Analytic solutions are obtained for invariant pulse propagation in such a medium consisting of interacting two-level atoms. Departures from the McCall-Hahn results include nonhyperbolic secant pulse shapes and different than 2 pi -area pulses. In addition, the excitation of the medium is comparatively suppressed for the same group velocity. The results are interpreted to suggest new experiments.
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