D. Grischkowsky
IEEE JQE
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. © 1973 The American Physical Society.
D. Grischkowsky
IEEE JQE
P. Esherick, J.J. Wynne, et al.
SPIE Annual Technical Symposium 1977
A.W. Smith, J.A. Armstrong
Physics Letters
P. Esherick, J.J. Wynne, et al.
Optics Letters