Nonlinear transmission of a hollow waveguide containing a saturable absorber

Pessina, Enrico; Segard, Bernard; Macke, Bruno

Document type :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1016/0030-4018(91)90605-D

Title :

Nonlinear transmission of a hollow waveguide containing a saturable absorber

Author(s) :

Pessina, Enrico [Auteur]
Segard, Bernard [Auteur]

Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]
Macke, Bruno [Auteur]

Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]

Journal title :

Optics Communications

Pages :

397-402

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

1991-03-15

ISSN :

0030-4018

HAL domain(s) :

Physique [physics]/Physique [physics]/Optique [physics.optics]

English abstract : [en]

The long-distance transmission of an oversized metallic waveguide filled with a gas of two-level atoms and excited in its lowest order mode is calculated within the coupled-mode theory in the general situation where the ...
Show more >The long-distance transmission of an oversized metallic waveguide filled with a gas of two-level atoms and excited in its lowest order mode is calculated within the coupled-mode theory in the general situation where the absorption and the nonlinearity are both strong. Although the gas polarization then involves numerous modes, it is shown that the modal dispersion can prevent any significant excitation of the higher order modes of the field. The propagation of stepwise light pulses is studied in this approximation.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

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