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Generation of unipolar pulses from nonunipolar optical pulses in a nonlinear medium

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Information Engineering, Universita degli Studi di Brescia, Via Branze 38, I-25123 Brescia (Italy)
  2. Institute of Laser Physics, Vavilov State Optical Institute, Birzhevaya liniya, 12, St. Petersburg, 199034 (Russian Federation)
A unipolar electromagnetic pulse is a pulse with nonzero value of the static component of the Fourier spectrum of its real electric field (and not its envelope). We show how to efficiently generate unipolar pulses through propagation of an initially nonunipolar pulse in a nonlinear optical medium. One of the major results is the demonstration that the static component can only be generated in equal portions between the forward- and backward-traveling waves in the presence of nonlinear backscattering in a nonlinear medium.
OSTI ID:
22068560
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 84; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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