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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR)

Area evolution of few-cycle pulse laser in two-level atom medium

Jian Xiao, Zhongyang Wang, Zhizhan Xu

Published Nov 13, 2002• 0 citations
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Abstract

Summary form only given, as follows. The few-cycle pulse area shows oscillatory feature during propagation and edge wings appear in the pulse envelope. Furthermore, the 1.4π pulse can not extend to 2π but evolves to zero.
DOI
10.1109/cleopr.2001.967992

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