Chaotic dynamics in the Maxwell-Bloch equations

Conference · Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10181958

Holm, D D ^[1]; Kovacic, G ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States). Dept. of Mathematical Sciences

In the slowly varying envelope approximation and the rotating wave approximation for the Maxwell-Bloch equations, we describe how the presence of a small-amplitude probe laser in an excited, two-level, resonant medium leads to homoclinic chaos in the laser-matter dynamics. We also describe a derivation of the Maxwell-Bloch equations from an action principle.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 10181958
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-92-3126; CONF-9002140-2; ON: DE93000854
• Resource Relation: Conference: Chaos down under,Sydney (Australia),Feb 1990; Other Information: PBD: 6 Mar 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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