Continuous Sources of Optical Coherence for Optical Processing.

Abstract

A broad program to investigate the nonlinear optical properties of a new type of dense atomic medium has been undertaken. This medium consists of a dense, diverging supersonic atomic beam for which the Doppler broadening is nearly eliminated by means of a magnetic field gradient. Research has been focused on characterizing the coherent radiation of the medium when it is prepared by continuous spatially separated optical fields. Spatial, directional, and coherence properties of the coherent field, including its quantum noise, have been investigated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 03, 1996
Accession Number
ADA315721

Entities

People

  • John E. Thomas

Organizations

  • Duke University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atomic Beams
  • Beat Signals
  • Coherent Radiation
  • Doppler Effect
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Local Oscillators
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Optical Processing
  • Optics
  • Physics
  • Power Spectra
  • Quantum Noise
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Spectrum Analyzers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots