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Super-radiance and decay localized excitations in the linear equidistant system of N two-level atoms

E. A. Gavrilenko, А. И. Зайцев

Published Mar 3, 2008• 0 citations

Abstract

We investigate the super-radiance decay of localized excitation in the line of two-level atoms. It is demonstrated that the excitation is underradiated. The residual part forms polarization waves propagating from areas of residual excitation to the line edge.

DOI: 10.1117/12.801745

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