Time-domain Fresnel-to-Fraunhofer diffraction with photon echoes

Authors
Menager, L Lorgere, I Le Gouet, JL Mohan, RK Kroll, S
Citation
L. Menager et al., Time-domain Fresnel-to-Fraunhofer diffraction with photon echoes, OPTICS LETT, 24(14), 1999, pp. 927-929
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
14
Year of publication
1999
Pages
927 - 929
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990715)24:14<927:TFDWPE>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A photon echo experiment in Tm3+:YAG is reported that shows, for the first time to the authors' knowledge, the time-domain equivalent of the transitio n from near- to far-field diffraction, including Talbot self-imaging effect s. The experiment demonstrates the huge dispersion capability of photon ech oes and opens the way to further exploration of space-time duality. (C) 199 9 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 190.4380, 070.6760, 070.4790, 200. 4740.