Propagation of Ultrashort Optical Pulses in Degenerate Laser Amplifiers
Ildar R. Gabitov, S. V. Manakov
The shape and area of the output from physically realizable amplifiers of inverted $Q(2)$-degenerate two-level atoms are calculated analytically. The ($4\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\delta}$)- or $\ensuremath{\delta}$-pulse output is made up from a sequence of $\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}4\ensuremath{\pi}$ double-humped pulses followed by $\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}(4\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{-}2\ensuremath{\delta})$ pulses, where $\ensuremath{\delta}=2invcos(\ensuremath{-}\frac{1}{4})$.
Physical Review Letters•Feb 14, 1983•26 citations