Pulse breakup in the extreme sharp-line limit

Author

Matusovsky, M. ; Vaynberg, B. ; Rosenbluh, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Bar-Ilan Univ., Ramat-Gan, Israel

fYear

1996

fDate

7-7 June 1996

Firstpage

98

Lastpage

99

Abstract

Summary form only given. We present autocorrelation and pulse intensity data and calculations for off-resonant excitation. We observe significant pulse breakup for detunings as large as 8 nm on either side of the Cs resonance. Interestingly, the oscillation period of the broken up pulse is independent of the detuning. This is because the extremely wide laser bandwidth leaves the spectral intensity of the laser at line center nearly constant even at 8 nm detuning.

Keywords

caesium; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; measurement by laser beam; optical correlation; oscillations; resonant states; spectral line intensity; Cs; Cs resonance; autocorrelation; broken up pulse; extreme sharp-line limit; extremely wide laser bandwidth; line center; nm detuning; off-resonant excitation; oscillation period; pulse breakup; pulse intensity data; spectral intensity; Absorption; Excitons; Gratings; Liquids; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Propagation delay; Ultrafast optics; Vibration measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-444-0

Type

conf

Filename

865620