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Nonstationary nonlinear phenomena in optical slab-waveguides. II. Pulse shaping by a nonlinear overlay

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Pulse shaping of TE-polarized slab-guided Gaussian pulses, in resonance with two-level systems which form a nonlinear overlay, is considered. Pulse shortening for various incident pulse energies and different propagation length is investigated in detail numerically.

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  1. Sektion Physik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 6900, Jena, GDR

    Uwe Langbein, Falk Lederer & Hans-Ernst Ponath

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Langbein, U., Lederer, F. & Ponath, HE. Nonstationary nonlinear phenomena in optical slab-waveguides. II. Pulse shaping by a nonlinear overlay. Opt Quant Electron 16, 261–266 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00619381

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