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Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics

Chaotic pulsations in a thin film of two-level atoms on an insulating substrate

Yu. A. Logvin, A. M. Samson

Published Aug 31, 1992• 2 citations
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Abstract

It is shown theoretically that the optical dynamics of a system comprising a thin film of two-level atoms deposited on an insulating substrate can undergo a transition to chaos via a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations. The chaotic nature of the pulsations is supported by calculations of the Lyapunov exponent.
DOI
10.1070/qe1992v022n08abeh003588

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