Extremely short pulses via stark modulation of the atomic transition frequencies

We propose a universal method to produce extremely short pulses of electromagnetic radiation in various spectral ranges. The essence of the method is a resonant interaction of radiation with atoms under the conditions of adiabatic periodic modulation of atomic transition frequencies by a far-off-res...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2010-10, Vol.105 (18), p.183902-183902, Article 183902
Hauptverfasser: Radeonychev, Y V, Polovinkin, V A, Kocharovskaya, Olga
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We propose a universal method to produce extremely short pulses of electromagnetic radiation in various spectral ranges. The essence of the method is a resonant interaction of radiation with atoms under the conditions of adiabatic periodic modulation of atomic transition frequencies by a far-off-resonant control laser field via dynamic Stark shift of the atomic levels and proper adjustment of the control field intensity and frequency, as well as the optical depth of the medium. The potential of the method is illustrated by an example in a hydrogenlike atomic system.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.183902