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Physical Review Letters

Matched Optical Solitary Waves for Three- and Five-Level Systems

F. T. Hioe, R. Grobe

Published Nov 7, 1994• 57 citations
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Abstract

Exact analytic results are presented that give a general solution for a pair of solitary waves which can propagate through a three- and a five-level system with their shapes invariant. These solitary waves vary widely in shape and form: from ones for which the pulses have similar shape to ones which have very different but "complementary" shapes. A general type of solitary-wave pair which is insensitive to small perturbations is identified.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.73.2559

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