GENERATION OF NARROW-BAND INVERSION WITH BROAD-BAND LASER-PULSES

被引:173
作者
MELINGER, JS
GANDHI, SR
HARIHARAN, A
TULL, JX
WARREN, WS
机构
[1] PRINCETON UNIV,PRINCETON CTR PHOTON & OPTOELECTR,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
[2] PRINCETON UNIV,DEPT CHEM,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.2000
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We show experimentally, here for Na vapor, and theoretically that picosecond frequency-swept laser pulses create in multilevel systems an inversion profile which is far narrower than the pulse spectrum. This selectivity persists even when the Rabi frequency is substantially larger than the spacing between pumped and suppressed transitions.
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页数:4
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