Laser pulse shaping due to self-phase modulation in amplifying media
- 15 May 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 22 (10) , 546-548
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654502
Abstract
It is shown experimentally that high‐power laser pulses amplified in ruby can display strong frequency‐modulated characteristics due to the refractive‐index nonlinearity of the medium. Theoretical calculations of the coherent pulse amplification under similar circumstances show that self‐phase modulation causes asymmetric pulse shaping due to adiabatic passage effects.Keywords
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