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Self-starting stable coherent mode-locking in a two-section laser
In the present work we report the possibility of passive mode-locking based on the coherent interaction of light with the amplifying and absorbing media in lasers with ring and linear cavities. We consider the realistic and practically interesting case when the absorbing and amplifying media are separated in the cavity space but not homogeneously mixed in the volume of the cavity, as was considered earlier in the literature. We perform qualitative consideration of coherent passive mode-locking based on the area theorem of McCall and Hahn and its graphical representation for the first time. We show that other, not soliton scenarios of passive mode-locking exist, and that coherent mode-locking is self-starting (lasing without an injection seeding pulse is possible). We point to the fact that the spectral width of the laser generation can be significantly larger than the spectral bandwidth of the gain medium. Numerical simulations were performed using the system of Maxwell-Bloch equations in the slowly varying envelope approximation
Coherent passive mode-locking in lasers: Qualitative analysis and numerical simulations
In the present work we report the possibility of passive mode-locking based on the coherent interaction of light with the amplifying and absorbing media in lasers with ring and linear cavities. We consider the realistic and practically interesting case when the absorbing and amplifying media are separated in the cavity space but not homogeneously mixed in the volume of the cavity, as was considered earlier in the literature. We perform qualitative consideration of coherent passive mode-locking based on the area theorem of McCall and Hahn and its graphical representation for the first time. We show that other, not soliton scenarios of passive mode-locking exist, and that coherent mode-locking is self-starting (lasing without an injection seeding pulse is possible). We point to the fact that the spectral width of the laser generation can be significantly larger than the spectral bandwidth of the gain medium. Numerical simulations were performed using the system of Maxwell-Bloch equations in the slowly varying envelope approximation
Area theorem in a ring laser cavity
The generalization of the area theorem is derived for the case of a pulse
circulating inside a ring laser cavity. In contrast to the standard area
theorem, which is valid for a single pass of a traveling pulse through a
resonant medium, the obtained generalized area theorem takes into account the
medium-assisted nonlinear self-action effects through the medium excitation
left by the pulse at the previous round-trip in the cavity. The generalized
area theorem was then applied to the theoretical description of the dynamics of
a single-section ring-cavity laser and the steady solutions for the pulse area
and for the medium parameters were found both in the limit of a lumped model
and for a spatially-extended system. The derived area theorem can be used for
the convenient analytical description of different coherent photonic devices,
like coherently mode-locked lasers or pulse compressors, as well as for the
analysis of the photon echo formation in cavity-based setups
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Stable coherent mode-locking based on π pulse formation in single-section lasers
Here we consider coherent mode-locking (CML) regimes in single-section cavity lasers, taking place for pulse durations less than atomic population and phase relaxation times, which arise due to coherent Rabi oscillations of the atomic inversion. Typically, CML is introduced for lasers with two sections, the gain and absorber ones. Here we show that, for certain combination of the cavity length and relaxation parameters, a very stable CML in a laser, containing only gain section, may arise. The mode-locking is unconditionally self-starting and appears due to balance of intra-pulse de-excitation and slow interpulse-scale pump-induced relaxation processes. We also discuss the scaling of the system to shorter pulse durations, showing a possibility of mode-locking for few-cycle pulses. © 2021, The Author(s)
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Transient radiation from a circular string of dipoles excited at superluminal velocity
This paper discusses the features of transient radiation from periodic
one-dimensional resonant medium excited by ultrashort pulse. The case of
circular geometry is considered for the harmonic distribution of the density
of the particles along the circle. It is shown that a new frequency component
arises in the spectrum of the scattered radiation in addition to the
resonance frequency of medium. The new frequency appears both in the case of
linear and nonlinear interaction, its value depends on the velocity of
excitation pulse propagation and on the period of spatial modulation. In
addition, the case when excitation moves at superluminal velocity and
Cherenkov radiation arises is also studied
Transient radiation from a circular string of dipoles excited at superluminal velocity
This paper discusses the features of transient radiation from periodic one-dimensional resonant medium excited by ultrashort pulse. The case of circular geometry is considered for the harmonic distribution of the density of the particles along the circle. It is shown that a new frequency component arises in the spectrum of the scattered radiation in addition to the resonance frequency of medium. The new frequency appears both in the case of linear and nonlinear interaction, its value depends on the velocity of excitation pulse propagation and on the period of spatial modulation. In addition, the case when excitation moves at superluminal velocity and Cherenkov radiation arises is also studied
Single-cycle pulse compression in dense resonant media
We propose here a new approach for compression and frequency up-conversion of short optical pulses in the regime of extreme nonlinear optics in optically dense absorbing media, providing an alternative route to attosecond-scale pulses at high frequencies. This method is based on dynamics of self-induced transparency (SIT) pulses of nearly single cycle duration, leading to single-cycle-scale Rabi oscillations in the medium. The sub-cycle components of an incident pulse behave as separate SIT-pulses, approaching each other and self-compressing, resulting in the threefold compression in time and frequency up-conversion by the same factor. As we show, the scheme can be cascaded, staying at the subsequent stage with nearly the same compression and up-conversion ratio. In this way, as our simulations show, after only few micrometers of propagation, a 700 nm wavelength single cycle pulse can be compressed to a pulse of 200 attoseconds duration located in XUV frequency range
Selective ultrafast control of multi-level quantum systems by subcycle and unipolar pulses
The most typical way to optically control population of atomic and molecular systems is to illuminate them with radiation, resonant to the relevant transitions. Here we consider a possibility to control populations with the subcycle and even unipolar pulses, containing less than one oscillation of electric field. Despite the spectrum of such pulses covers several levels at once, we show that it is possible to selectively excite the levels of our choice by varying the driving pulse shape, duration or time delay between consecutive pulses. The pulses which are not unipolar, but have a peak of electric field of one polarity much higher (and shorter) than of the opposite one, are also capable for such control. © 2020 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreemen
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