Observation of picosecond UV pulses produced by coherent scattering of IR femtosecond pulses in atomic rubidium vapor Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We report the observation of coherent UV light pulses by the coherent scattering of IR pulses from atomic rubidium vapor. Rubidium atoms were first excited by a 100 fs pulse from the 5S ground state to the 5D state via a two-photon transition. The atoms were then pumped by an IR pulse resonant to the 5D-12P transition. The presence of the IR pulse triggered the instantaneous emission of a UV light pulse on the 12P-5S transition. The pulse had a time duration of tens of picoseconds, which was measured by a picosecond-resolution streak camera. The temporal shape of the generated light is explained by a simplified atom-field interaction theory. 2011 Optical Society of America.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS

author list (cited authors)

  • Ariunbold, G. O., Kash, M. M., Sautenkov, V. A., Li, H., Rostovtsev, Y. V., Welch, G. R., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

  • 9

complete list of authors

  • Ariunbold, Gombojav O||Kash, Michael M||Sautenkov, Vladimir A||Li, Hebin||Rostovtsev, Yuri V||Welch, George R||Scully, Marlan O

publication date

  • March 2011