45 research outputs found
Space-time analogy and its application to design schemes borrowed from Fourier optics for processing ultrafast optical signals
Square-wave pulse generation with a variable duty ratio can be realized with
the help of ideas of Talbot array illuminators formulated for binary phase
gratings. A binary temporal phase modulation of CW laser field propagating
through a group-delay-dispersion circuit of the fractional Talbot length
results in a well defined sequence of square-wave-form pulses. When a
duty ratio of the pulses is for and for and 6.
Maximum intensity of the pulses doubles and triples compared to the CW
intensity for and , respectively. These pulses can be used for
return-to-zero laser field modulation in optical fiber communication. For
extra features between the pulses are found originating from a finite
rise and drop time of phase in a binary phase modulation. Similar effect as a
benefit of the time-space analogy is predicted for binary phase gratings and
interpreted as gleams produced by imperfect edges of the components of the
rectangular phase gratings
Increasing efficiency of quantum memory based on atomic frequency combs
A protocol, which essentially increases the efficiency of the quantum memory
based on the atomic frequency comb (AFC), is proposed. It is well known that a
weak short pulse, transmitted trough a medium with a periodic structure of
absorption peaks separated by transparency windows (AFC), is transformed into
prompt and delayed pulses. Time delay is equal to the inverse value of the
frequency period of the peaks. It is proposed to send the prompt pulse again
through the medium and to make both delayed pulses to interfere. This leads to
the essential increase of the efficiency of the AFC storage protocol.Comment: 23 pages, 8 figure
Conversion of recoilless gamma-radiation into a periodic sequence of ultrashort pulses in a set of dispersive and absorptive resonant media
An efficient technique to produce a periodic sequence of ultrashort pulses of
recoilless gamma-radiation via its transmission through the optically thick
vibrating resonant absorber was demonstrated recently [Nature, 508, 80 (2014)].
In this work we extend the theoretical analysis to the case of a set of
multiple absorbers. We consider an analytical model describing the control of
spectral content of a frequency modulated gamma-radiation by selective
correction of amplitudes and initial phases of some spectral components, using,
respectively, the resonant absorption or dispersion of nuclei. On the basis of
the analytical solutions we determine the ultimate possibilities of the
proposed technique.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figure