Observation of Self-Steepening of Optical Pulses with Possible Shock Formation
- 13 August 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 31 (7), 422-425
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.31.422
Abstract
Near-resonant light pulses were steepened by passage through Rb vapor. The rise time changed from typically 4 nsec to less than 1 nsec, and complicated envelopes developed. The self-steepening, well described by adiabatic following, results from (i) an intensity-dependent pulse velocity, (ii) self-phase modulation combined with strong groupvelocity dispersion. Numerical integration gives quantitative agreement with observations and indicates shock formation on the leading edge.Keywords
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