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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Modulation of an ultrashort pulse in an adiabatically prepared Raman medium

Sarah Gundry, M. Anscombe, Abubaker Abdulla, S. D. Hogan, Emiliano Sali, John W. G. Tisch, J. P. Marangos

Published Jan 1, 2004• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate the modulation of both nanosecond and 100 femtosecond pulses in a medium coherently prepared by adiabatic evolution. Strong enhancement in the modulation of pulses of both durations was observed.
DOI
10.1364/iqec.2004.itun2

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