title: Temporal compression of short-wavelength laser pulses by coherent control in rare gases.
abstract: We present a theoretical study of temporal compression of a short-wavelength laser pulse predicted in a real, Doppler-broadened, atomic system. The compression is the result of the coherent control peculiarities of electromagnetically induced transparency-propagation dynamics. Numerical results are reported and discussed, showing a temporal compression of 2 orders of magnitude (from 10 ns to 100 ps) of a 106.7-nm laser pulse in argon atoms at room temperature.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Siena, and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buffa
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cavalieri
authors.forename: Marco V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Tognetti