Generation of picosecond Raman solitons from quantum noise in forward SRS

Alexander S. Dement'ev; V. Girdauskas; Alexey M. Rodin

doi:10.1117/12.240538

20 May 1996 Generation of picosecond Raman solitons from quantum noise in forward SRS

Alexander S. Dement'ev, V. Girdauskas, Alexey M. Rodin

Proceedings Volume 2800, Nonlinear Optical Interactions and Wave Dynamics; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.240538
Event: International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics, 1995, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

Results of mathematical modeling and experimental investigation of spontaneous soliton generation in forward stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) are reported. The duration of measured soliton pulses varied from 15 to 30 ps corresponding to the relaxation time T₂ in compressed methane. The peculiarities of Raman solitons generation under essentially different quasi-steady-state and transient regime of SRS excitation were observed. For pump pulses with duration of 300 ps and Gaussian beam profile the probability of soliton-like pulse observation was only about 0.0034. For longer pump pulses and for pulses with top-hat beam profile that probability was considerably higher. The influence of mutual diffractive focusing of laser and Stokes beams on the process of Raman solitons generation was experimentally confirmed.

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Alexander S. Dement'ev, V. Girdauskas, and Alexey M. Rodin "Generation of picosecond Raman solitons from quantum noise in forward SRS", Proc. SPIE 2800, Nonlinear Optical Interactions and Wave Dynamics, (20 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.240538

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