We report the first experimental observation of the evolution of an arbitrarily shaped input optical pulse train to the analytic, shape-preserving, Jacobi elliptic pulse-train solutions to the Maxwell-Bloch equations including relaxation.

Physical Review LettersFeb 3, 199728 citations

Experimental observation of chirped continuous pulse-train soliton solutions to the Maxwell-Bloch equations

Shihadeh Saadeh, John L. Shultz, Gregory J. Salamo

A frequency chirped continuous wave laser beam incident upon a resonant, two-level atomic absorber is seen to evolve into a Jacobi elliptic pulse-train solution to the Maxwell-Bloch equations. Experimental pulse-train envelopes are found in good agreement with numerical and analytical predictions.

Optics ExpressJan 15, 20012 citations