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Subpicosecond Pulse Generation in Resonant Two-Photon Propagation

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Coherence and Quantum Optics IV

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A novel pulse-shortening behavior in traveling wave degenerate two-photon amplification has been theoretically demonstrated for long pulses. [1] Here we describe a corresponding pulse-shortening effect [2,3] in ultrashort pulse propagation in an ideal two-photon medium. The previous result [2,3] will be extended and applied to the 1S–2S two-photon transition in atomic hydrogen. It appears that subpicosecond pulses may be generated through this medium with slight extension of current technology.

Work supported by the Joint service Electronics Program under Contract DAAB07-76-61400 and by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant NGL 22-009-013.

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    H. P. Yuen & F. Y. F. Chu

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Rochester, 14627, Rochester, New York, USA

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Yuen, H.P., Chu, F.Y.F. (1978). Subpicosecond Pulse Generation in Resonant Two-Photon Propagation. In: Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics IV. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0665-9_43

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