Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Solutions for Maxwell-Bloch equations without using the approximation of a slowly varying envelope: circularly-polarized video pulses

С. В. Сазонов, E. V. Trifonov

Published Jan 14, 1994• 33 citations

Abstract

Propagation of strong circularly-polarized 'video' pulses in a two-level non-resonant medium without using the approximations of slowly varying envelope and rotating wave has been studied. New solutions to the Maxwell-Bloch equations called 'bisolitons' are obtained. Bisolitons are running localized 'video' pulses of the electric field vector rotating in transverse plane.

DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/27/1/002

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