title: Sideband generation in frequency-modulated continuous-wave light through nonlinear near-resonant propagation in an atomic vapor.
abstract: We have observed sideband generation in the spectrum of frequency-modulated light when the light is transmitted near resonance to the D(1) 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.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Paisner
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hackel