Chirped excitation of optically dense inhomogeneously broadened media using Eu3+:Y2SiO5

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 811-819

  Harris, Todd L ^a   Tian, Mingzhen ^a   Babbitt, W Randall ^a   Burr, Geoffrey W ^b   Hoffnagle, John A ^b   Jefferson, C Michael ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GROUND STATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

LANDAU-ZENER THEORY; MAXWELL-BLOCH MODEL; OPTICAL COHERENT TRANSIENTS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 10044274133     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000811     Document Type: Article

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