Light pulse progagation in a nonlinear amplifying medium

Summary form only, as given. A powerful light pulse propagation through an optical amplifier driven at saturation was studied theoretically and experimentally. It was shown that maximum of light pulse of &-switched laser propagates through amplifying medium with velocity much higher than the lig...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE journal of quantum electronics 1966-04, Vol.2 (4), p.120-120
Main Authors: Ambartzumian, R., Basov, N., Zuev, V., Krukov, P., Letokhov, V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Laser beams
Optical amplifiers
Pulse amplifiers
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Summary form only, as given. A powerful light pulse propagation through an optical amplifier driven at saturation was studied theoretically and experimentally. It was shown that maximum of light pulse of &-switched laser propagates through amplifying medium with velocity much higher than the light velocity without any essential decrease of pulse duration. Conditions of reducing pulse duration by nonlinear amplification were found.
ISSN:0018-9197
1558-1713
DOI:10.1109/JQE.1966.1073831