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Integrated Photonics Research

The Short Pulse Propagation in the Resonant Relaxation Medium

Vladimir A. Larichev, German A. Maksimov

Published Jan 1, 2001• 0 citations
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Abstract

The new analytical representation of the Green’s function of the pulse propagating in the medium with a single process of resonant relaxation is presented. The different possible types of pulse dynamics are studied.
DOI
10.1364/ipr.2001.iwa3

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