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Recently, the generation and detection of structured light field have drawn a great deal of attention, due to their importance in high-capacity optical data storage and quantum technology. In this letter, we explore the azimuthal modulation…
Resonant optical pumping in dense atomic media is discussed, where the absorption length is less than the smallest characteristic dimension of the sample. It is shown that reabsorption and multiple scattering of spontaneous photons…
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Experimental and numerical investigation of single-beam and pump-probe interaction with a resonantly absorbing dense extended medium under strong and weak field-matter coupling is presented. Significant probe beam amplification and conical…
Bright and dark spatial solitons are observed in an optically pumped semiconductor resonator. The pumping allows to considerably reduce the light intensity necessary for the existence of the solitons and alleviates thermal load problems.…
The effects of coherence of quantum transitions and the interference of resonant nonlinear optical processes on the spectra of absorption, amplification, and nonlinear-optical generation are considered. The most favorable conditions are…
We show that the frequency of a Raman laser is highly correlated or anti-correlated with the frequency of the Raman pump laser, depending on whether the dispersion experienced by the Raman laser is positive or negative. For a subluminal…
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The extraordinary properties of laser-induced transparency of a negative-index slab and parametric amplification for a backward-wave signal are investigated. The effects of the idler absorption and phase mismatch on the amplification of the…
We study a two-level quantum system embedded in a dispersive environment and coupled with the electromagnetic field. We expand the theory of light-matter interactions to include the spatial extension of the system, taken into account…
We investigate, theoretically and experimentally, the transmission of light through a thermal vapour of three-level ladder-type atoms, in the presence of 2 counter-propagating control fields. A simple theoretical model predicts the presence…
We study theoretically the coherent nonlinear optical response of doped semiconductors with partially occupied subbands. When the Fermi energy of an occupied subband approaches the exciton level of an upper subband, the absorption spectrum…
Optical excitations of monolayer bismuthene present the rich and unique absorption spectra. The threshold frequency is not equal to an indirect energy gap, and it becomes zero under the critical electric field. The frequency, number,…
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