Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR)

Coherence control in a fs-dephasing medium by means of differential phase pumping of ultra-broadband pulses

H. Nishioka, H. Koutaka, Kenji Ueda

Published Nov 13, 2002• 0 citations

Abstract

The coherent couplings and decoupling in multi-level and ultra-broadband materials (T/sub 2/<10 fs) have been demonstrated by means of differential phase pumping of intense and ultra-broadband pulses. Absorption suppression and gain enhancement was observed as a function of differential-Fourier phase of the intense ultra-broadband excitations.

DOI: 10.1109/cleopr.2001.971126

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