Transient self-action of periodically modulated laser beams

Vladimir L. Derbov; V. V. Serov; I. L. Plastun; S. V. Shilov

doi:10.1117/12.518601

23 September 2003 Transient self-action of periodically modulated laser beams

Vladimir L. Derbov, V. V. Serov, I. L. Plastun, S. V. Shilov

Proceedings Volume 5067, Saratov Fall Meeting 2002: Laser Physics and Photonics, Spectroscopy, and Molecular Modeling III; Coherent Optics of Ordered and Random Media III; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.518601
Event: Saratov Fall Meeting 2002 Laser Physics and Photonics, Spectroscopy, and Molecular Modeling III; Coherent Optics of Ordered and Random Media III, 2002, Saratov, Russian Federation

Abstract

We study the self-action of an amplitude-modulated beam in a two-level saturable absorbing medium. We also consider the radial quadratic dependence of the linear refraction index to apply the results to doped waveguides. As the modulation period approaches the relaxation times, the medium response is no more instantaneous, so that one should solve the full set of Maxwell-Bloch equations. We propose a second-order scheme with the Gauss-Laguerre transformation of the transverse field pattern. A simplified approach based on the synchronous interaction approximation is used for thin layers. We analyze the transient behavior of the medium response and its manifestation in the modulation of the beam diffracting after a thin saturable absorber. Nonlinear distortions of the modulation signal passed through a doped waveguide appeared to be unexpectedly small compared with those of the local polarization and population difference.

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Vladimir L. Derbov, V. V. Serov, I. L. Plastun, and S. V. Shilov "Transient self-action of periodically modulated laser beams", Proc. SPIE 5067, Saratov Fall Meeting 2002: Laser Physics and Photonics, Spectroscopy, and Molecular Modeling III; Coherent Optics of Ordered and Random Media III, (23 September 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.518601

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