OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION BY FOCUSING IN A RESONANT ABSORBER
- 1 June 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 18 (11) , 505-507
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1653514
Abstract
A 10‐nsec optical pulse was shortened to 1 nsec by interacting coherently with a simple atomic absorber. The experimental results are in agreement with a computer solution of coupled Maxwell and Schrödinger equations for a uniform spherical propagating wave.Keywords
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