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Propagation of a self-induced transparency pulse in a spatially dispersive medium

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Propagation of a self-induced transparency pulse in spatially dispersive media is analyzed. A generalized model of two-level systems allowing for excitonic energy transfer is proposed. Periodic and soliton solutions to the governing equations are found. Estimates show that the spatial dispersion of a pulse propagating in a slow-light medium can be substantially enhanced and become important in the case of resonant transition and sufficiently long pulse duration.

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  1. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    Yu. G. Gladush

  2. Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow oblast, 142190, Russia

    A. M. Kamchatnov

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Original Russian Text © Yu.G. Gladush, A.M. Kamchatnov, 2006, published in Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 129, No. 4, pp. 642–650.

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Gladush, Y.G., Kamchatnov, A.M. Propagation of a self-induced transparency pulse in a spatially dispersive medium. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 102, 562–569 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776106040054

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