Published December 2006
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Journal article
Few-cycle nonlinear optics of multicomponent media
- 1. Laboratoire P.O.M.A., U.M.R.-C.N.R.S. 6136, Universite d'Angers, 2 Boulevard Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex 01 (France)
- 2. Russian Research Centre 'Kurchatov Institute', Kurchatov Square, 123182, Moscow (Russian Federation)
- 3. Optolink Ltd., bldg. 5, proezd 4806, Zelenograd, 124498 Moscow (Russian Federation)
- 4. High Q Laboratories Inc., 2 Gledhill Crescent, Hamilton, Ontario, L9C 6H4 (Canada)
- 5. Department of Theoretical Physics, Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), 407 Atomistilor, Magurele-Bucharest 077125 (Romania)
Description
Using Maxwell-Bloch equations, we analyze the response of a two-component medium of two-level atoms driven by a two-cycle optical pulse beyond the traditional approach of slowly varying amplitudes and phases. We show that the notions of carrier, envelope, phase, and group velocities can be generalized to this situation. For optical pulses of a given duration, we show that the optical field can form a temporal soliton
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 74
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 063815-063815.8
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39006379
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AMPLITUDES; ATOMS; BLOCH EQUATIONS; CARRIERS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTON-ATOM COLLISIONS; PULSES; SOLITONS; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ATOM COLLISIONS; COLLISIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; OPTICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHOTON COLLISIONS; QUASI PARTICLES
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- Notes
- (c) 2006 The American Physical Society