Crossing of optical resonances by chirped pulses

Angelo Turrin

Haifeng Yao Haifeng Yao, Yueping Niu Yueping Niu, Yandong Peng +1 more

We investigate the propagation dynamics of nonlinear chirped optical laser pulses in a two-level medium.For certain chirp strength and chirp width, an incident 2π nonlinear chirped pulse will split into optical precursors and a stable self-induced transparency soliton.This is caused by the particular Fourier spectrum that includes not only central resonant frequency components but also high-frequency and low-frequency sidebands.Moreover, the effects of chirp parameters on the evolution of nonlinear chirped pulses are also discussed.

Joseph H. Eberly, Ljubomir Matulac

M. Žitnik, A. Mihelič, K. Bučar +11 more

Synopsis We have observed the autoionization of the laser-coupled 2s2p 1 Po and 2p 2 1 Se resonances in helium. The ions were collected while varying the frequency and delay of the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) excitation pulse with respect to the linearly chirped visible (VIS) laser pulse. From the measured frequency-delay map the Autler-Townes splitting, the EUV-VIS cross-correlation and the linear chirp parameter were extracted.

Konstantin N. Drabovich

Xiang-an Yan, Liao La-mei

The stark-chirped rapid adiabatic passage (SCRAP) is analyzed, which can give a complete transfer of atomic or molecular population between two bound states in the two level states and Λ(-three)-level state, by means of level-crossing technique and dressed states theory. SCRAP uses two laser pulses: a nearly-resonant pump laser pulse drives the population between a ground state and an excited state, and an intense far-off-resonance Stark laser pulse modifies the transition frequency and resonates with the Bohr transition frequency for two level crossings. A population-transfer maximal efficiency approaching unity is provided from the ground state to the excited state, when the delay of the Stark-shifting pulse with respect to the pulse of the coupling-laser frequency is appropriate and guarantees the pump pulse is strong at one of these crossings and is weak at second one.