Near-resonance self-action in amplitude modulated laser beams

Author

Derbov, V.L. ; Plastun, LL ; Serov, V.V. ; Shilov, S.V.

Author_Institution

Chernyshevski Saratov State Univ., Russia

fYear

2002

fDate

18-19 Sept. 2002

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

59

Abstract

Numerical modeling of self-action of a beam, whose amplitude is periodically modulated in time, in a two-level saturable absorbing medium is reported. For describe a beam self-action we solve numerically the full set of Maxwell-Bloch equations. We study the influence of the non-stationary self-action of the beam on the transmission of modulation signal through the medium. It is shown that in the time dependence of the polarization and population difference the nonlinear distortions of the modulation signal can be much stronger than in the output field intensity.

Keywords

amplitude modulation; laser beams; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; Maxwell-Bloch equations; amplitude modulation; laser beam; light polarization; nonlinear distortion; nonstationary near-resonance self-action; numerical model; population difference; signal transmission; time dependence; two-level saturable absorbing medium; Amplitude modulation; Intensity modulation; Laser beams; Laser modes; Maxwell equations; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear equations; Numerical models; Optical modulation; Polarization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Actual Problems of Electron Devices Engineering, 2002. (APEDE 2002). Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Saratova, Russia

Print_ISBN

5-7433-1065-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEDE.2002.1044894

Filename

1044894