Tunable Optical Delay in Doppler-Broadened Cesium Vapor

Abstract

Variable-delay tunable optical delay line or optical buffers are critical for the development of all-optical networks components as well as interferometry and analytic instruments. Recent research on slow light may hold the key for the development of the first practical tunable optical delay device. In this research the linear dispersion delay effects in an alkali vapor. The hyperfine relaxation observations present insight into the complex bleach wave dynamics during a high-intensity pulsed pump in DPAL systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA533952

Entities

People

  • Monte D. Anderson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Alkali Metals
  • Delay Lines
  • Frequency Shift
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Measurement
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Physics
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Spectroscopy
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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