Spontaneous and Induced Coherent Radiation Generation in Atomic Vapors

Abstract

Experiments have been performed to study the nonlinear behavior of intense incoherent light propagating in an optical fiber; to incoherent light to study time delayed four-wave-mixing in semiconductor doped glasses and organic dyes and coherent light to generate attosecond beats in potassium vapor; to calculated the effect of the dynamic Lorentz shift on four-wave parametric interactions in a strongly driven two-level system as well as the distinct problem of the nonlinear intensity dependent frequency shift of the reflectivity from a gas dielectric interface; and to consider the problem of induced phase modulation by an incoherent pump a diversion in studying an aspect of optical memories using photon echoes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 14, 1990
Accession Number
ADA226776

Entities

People

  • Sven Hartmann

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Acquisition
  • Coherent Radiation
  • Data Acquisition
  • Dye Lasers
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Ground State
  • Intensity
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Optics
  • Phase Modulation
  • Third Harmonic Generation
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics