Observation of the formation of the 0-pi pulse
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1984-08-06Author
Rothenberg, Joshua E.
Grischkowsky, D.
Balant, A. C.
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We have measured with 0.5-psec resolution the reshaping of small-area 7-psec laser pulses to 0-pi pulses due to their passage through an optically thick sodium cell. The reshaped pulses have a picosecond oscillatory structure characteristic of 0-pi pulses that extends over more than 100 psec. These observations are compared in detail with the predictions of theory and good agreement is obtained.
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Rothenberg, J. E., Grischkowsky, D., & Balant, A. C. (1984). Observation of the formation of the 0-pi pulse. Physical Review Letters, 53(6), 552-555. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.552