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Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

Ultrashort pulse propagation under manipulated resonance conditions

Ashat M. Basharov

Published Nov 1, 2005• 0 citations
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Abstract

The propagation of a polarized ultrashort laser pulse is analyzed by the inverse scattering method under initial conditions including a spatial pulse profile, a state of the medium, and a “switched-on” resonant atom-field interaction. Magnetic degeneracy of atomic levels is taken into account. The Maxwell-Bloch equations are rewritten in Hamiltonian form without redefining the spatial and temporal variables. The inverse scattering method is based on an analysis of a new spectral problem. Gelfand-Levitan-Marchenko-type equations are derived, a soliton solution is obtained, and the changes in parameters of two solitons after their collision are calculated. A possible experimental setup for implementing the system under analysis is discussed.

DOI
10.1134/1.2149065

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We shall consider two resonant optical models. One is the reflection and transmission of ultrafast pulses on the boundary of a two-level medium. The other model is an ensemble of Rydberg atoms in a resonant cavity, where an external pulse is also coupled into the cavity to initiate the radiation. Both problems can be modelled by a nonlinear density matrix-type equation, where the effective Hamiltonian itself depends on the state of the atomic system. We present a new version of the inverse scattering method, which allows one to find soliton-like analytical solutions for the problems considered. Our work enlarges the class of optical problems having soliton type solutions.
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