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Propagation of ultrashort polarized light pulses in a nonlinear medium

Journal Article · · Optics and Spectroscopy
OSTI ID:457048
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  1. Moscow Engineering Physics Inst. (Russian Federation)
Propagation of ultrashort optical pulses in a medium with degenerate resonance levels with respect to the angular momentum projections is considered. Under the assumption that the Rabi frequency is much smaller than the transition frequency and without using the slowly varying envelope approximation, a new nonlinear equation is obtained for describing this pulse dynamics. In the particular case when the pulse polarization is not changed, this is the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation. In the approximation of slowly varying envelopes, the reduced wave equation transforms into the vector nonlinear Schroedinger equation. 13 refs.
OSTI ID:
457048
Journal Information:
Optics and Spectroscopy, Journal Name: Optics and Spectroscopy Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 78; ISSN OPSUA3; ISSN 0030-400X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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