Effect of the Doppler broadening on the nonlinear amplification of a polarized wave that propagates in a resonant medium without population inversion
G. G. Adonts, Eghine G. Kanetsyan, Mikayel Arzakantsyan
The general nonlinear stationary theory of propagation of an elliptically polarized pulse that resonantly interacts with the 1/2-1/2 transition is developed taking into account relaxation processes. It is shown that interference of magnetic sublevels in the field of polarized radiation that optically pumps atoms results in inversionless amplification of radiation. Taking into account the Doppler broadening of spectral lines shows that there exists a certain optimal length of the resonant medium along which the radiation that emerges from the medium is maximally amplified.
Optics and Spectroscopy•Dec 1, 2012•0 citations