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Self-induced transparency and optical transients in atomic vapors [dataset] Open Access

The rapid turn-on of a strong, resonant, continuous wave laser field may trigger the formation of a transient oscillation akin to a train of damped solitons, before the vapor-field system relaxes into a stationary state. We study this transient dynamic on theoretical models of a rubidium vapor. We also consider doubly resonant V-systems, for which the transients take the form of trains of damped simultons. We compute the propagating field(s) by solving the Maxwell-Bloch equations, taking homogeneous broadening, Doppler broadening and the full hyperfine structure of the atoms into account. We also compare the actual fields to the stationary dnoidal fields predicted by the Maxwell-Bloch equations in conditions of self-induced transparency. A similar dynamics is expected to occur in any atomic vapor at the turn-on of a strong resonant continuous wave field provided the turn-on is sufficiently fast compared to relaxation.

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Creator: Cartwright, Ben ¹
Creator: Potvliege, Robert ¹
Creator: Wrathmall, Steven ¹

¹ Durham University

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

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Optical transients
Atomic vapours

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Transients (Dynamics)
Vapors

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ark:/32150/r2jq085k062
doi:10.15128/r2jq085k062

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Durham University

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