Open AccessExperimental observation of chirped continuous pulse-train soliton solutions to the Maxwell-Bloch equations
Author(s) -
Shihadeh Saadeh,
John L. Shultz,
Gregory J. Salamo
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.8.000153
Subject(s) - physics , pulse (music) , maxwell's equations , bloch equations , optics , soliton , pulse wave , laser , classical mechanics , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , detector
A frequency chirped continuous wave laser beam incident upon a resonant, two-level atomic absorber is seen to evolve into a Jacobi elliptic pulse-train solution to the Maxwell-Bloch equations. Experimental pulse-train envelopes are found in good agreement with numerical and analytical predictions.
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