Quantum superposition principle and generation of ultrashort optical pulses

Abstract

We discuss the propagation of laser radiation through a medium of quantum prepared Λ-type atoms in order to enhance the insight into the physics of QS-PT generator suggested in Phys. Rev. A 80, 035801 (2009). We obtain analytical results which give a qualitatively corerct description of the outcoming series of ultrashort optical pulses and show that for the case of alkali vapor medium QS-PT generation may be implemented under ordinary experimental conditions.

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