Resonant Raman amplification of ultrashort pulses in a V-type medium Academic Article

abstract

• Propagation of a pair of ultrashort coherent pulses in a V-type medium is studied. Both pulses are supposed to be resonant with corresponding atomic transitions. It is shown that the resonant character of the atom-field interaction yields pulse locking, in which two pulses propagate with equal group velocities. Additionally, in the presence of Raman inversion, the system exhibits resonantly enhanced gain for the probe pulse. These two effects add together to decrease the pump laser threshold intensity by orders of magnitude in comparison with conventional (far-off-resonant) Raman laser schemes. 1999 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

• Kozlov, V. V., Polynkin, P. G., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Kozlov, VV||Polynkin, PG||Scully, MO

publication date

• April 1999

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3060

start page

• 3060

end page

• 3070

volume

• 59

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.59.3060