Title :
Temporal compression of light
Author :
Wigmore, John K. ; Grischkowsky, Daniel R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Lancaster, England
fDate :
4/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The 5890 Å output from a CW dye laser was converted into a train of 0.5 ns pulses by frequency modulation and passage through a near-resonant atomic vapor delay line of Na. The theory of the process is discussed in both the time and frequency domains. Using a modulation index of 120 at a frequency of 17.8 MHz, we obtained values for the temporal compression ratio and intensity enhancement of 112 and 14, easily the largest that have been reported.
Keywords :
Atomic beams; Delay lines; Dispersion; Frequency modulation; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Pulsed laser deposition; Resonance;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1978.1069786
