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International Conference Laser Optics (ICLO)

Population inversion gratings: Creation and control with few-cycle non-overlapping optical pulses

Rostislav M. Arkhipov, Mikhail V. Arkhipov, Ihar Babushkin, Nikolay N. Rosanov

Published Jun 1, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

We consider theoretically a possibility of creating and control of population inversion gratings in two-level resonant medium coherently interacting with few-cycle light pulses. It is shown that it is possible to create, erase, and modify the spatial period of such gratings.
DOI
10.1109/lo.2016.7549852

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