Scientists / Open questions
Stephen E. Harris
Quantum optics; nonlinear optics
7 questions
Realistic limits of subfemtosecond pulse generation by molecular modulation: dephasing, finite driving pulses, spatial effects, high-intensity nonlinearities, and energy conversion
Lasing without population inversion in a closed lifetime-broadened atomic system: experimental realization and quantitative feasibility of the İmamoğlu–Field–Harris (1991) scheme
Phase-locking, quenching, and dynamics of multiple FM oscillations in intracavity phase-modulated lasers: unresolved problems from the 1965 theory of FM laser oscillation
Unpaired anti-Stokes background and the theory–experiment generation-rate gap in narrow-band paired-photon generation by EIT four-wave mixing in cold atoms
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in a Plasma beyond the Ideal-Plasma Model: Damping, Finite Temperature, Geometry, Instabilities, and Experimental Feasibility of the Sub-Cutoff Passband
Physical limits of backward-wave electromagnetically-induced-transparency four-wave mixing in cold atoms: ground-state dephasing, multilevel structure, and single-photon-level conversion efficiency
Quantitative propagation dynamics of electromagnetically induced transparency pulses in optically thick media: time-dependent coupling, the strong-probe adiabaton regime, spatial filtering, and delay-loss limits