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Picosecond accumulated photon echo in Nd-doped optical fiber

Naoshi Uesugi, Makoto Shimizu, Masaharu Mitsunaga

Published May 10, 1992• 1 citation

Abstract

Coherent transient phenomena are attracting much attention because of their potential in time-domain optical memory· and optical signal processing.1 Since rare-earth ions doped in amorphous materials show a broad inhomogeneous linewidth, they should allow ultrafast coherent transient phenomena.

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