Coherent control of extreme nonlinear optical properties of quantum system via ultrashort laser pulses

Shangqing Gong*, Keyu Xia, Yueping Niu

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    Abstract

    We investigate the extreme nonlinear optical properties of quantum system driven by ultrashort laser pulses by solving the one and two dimensional, full-wave Maxwell-Bloch coupled equations. We find that the near-dipole-dipole (NDD) interactions have a crucial influence on the absolute phase of few-cycle laser pulses. The difference of the absolute phase between the cases with and without NDD effects can go up to π. Moreover, a novel ultrafast transient population grating induced by a two-dimensional, ultrashort dipole soliton is demonstrated. The number of lines and the period of the grating can be controlled by the beam waist and the area of the pulse.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationComputation in Modern Science and Engineering - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods in Science and Engineering 2007 (ICCMSE 2007)
    Place of PublicationMelville, N.Y
    PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics
    Pages768-771
    Number of pages4
    Volume963
    Edition2
    ISBN (Print)9780735404786
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007
    EventInternational Conference on Computational Methods in Science and Engineering 2007, ICCMSE 2007 - Corfu, Greece
    Duration: 25 Sept 200730 Sept 2007

    Other

    OtherInternational Conference on Computational Methods in Science and Engineering 2007, ICCMSE 2007
    Country/TerritoryGreece
    CityCorfu
    Period25/09/0730/09/07

    Keywords

    • Absolute phase
    • Area theorem
    • Population grating
    • Ultrashort laser pulse

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