Title :
Group velocity control by atomic nonlinear response in a laser cavity
Author :
Arissian, Ladan ; Diels, Jean-Claude ; Velten, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Abstract :
Group velocity modification through nonlinear index of the atomic medium is used as a purely optical feedback in a mode locked ring laser. The dispersion associated with the dark line acts as an error signal.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical feedback; optical fibre dispersion; ring lasers; atomic medium; atomic nonlinear response; error signal; group velocity control; group velocity modification; laser cavity; laser mode locking; nonlinear index; optical feedback; ring laser; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser transitions; Nonlinear optics; Spectroscopy; Stationary state; Velocity control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452467
