Picosecond superradiance in a three-photon resonant medium Academic Article

abstract

• We investigate picosecond cooperative emission in an ensemble of rubidium atoms coherently excited by 100-fs laser pulses that are three-photon resonant to the 6P-5S transition. The emitted 420-nm light is recorded by a streak camera with 2-ps resolution. The resultant pulse shape shows ringing typical for superradiance in extended sample. The pulse shape is measured as a function of input power and is compared to the solutions of Maxwell-Bloch equations. The observed superradiance, which is in the low-excitation regime, is found to be closely related to optical precursor behavior. 2012 American Physical Society.

authors

• Scully, Marlan
• Sokolov, Alexei

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

• Ariunbold, G. O., Yang, W., Sokolov, A. V., Sautenkov, V. A., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 18

complete list of authors

• Ariunbold, Gombojav O||Yang, Wenlong||Sokolov, Alexei V||Sautenkov, Vladimir A||Scully, Marlan O

publication date

• February 2012

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.85.023424

start page

• 023424

volume

• 85

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.85.023424