Abstract

We have observed sideband generation in the spectrum of frequency-modulated light when the light is transmitted near resonance to the D₁ line in Na vapor. The temporal pulse reshaping that gives rise to the self-phase modulation phenomenon is in good agreement with the predictions of a one-dimensional two-level off-resonant Maxwell–Bloch computer code.

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