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Terahertz Solitons in Condensed Media

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Theoretical approaches to the formation and propagation of soliton-like broadband electromagnetic and acoustic pulses with terahertz frequencies in condensed media are reviewed. Solitons of different types are analyzed and controlling their parameters by modifying the nonlinear medium is discussed. Nonlinear molecular excitations in biopolymers whose frequencies fall into the terahertz range are considered, and their interactions with external fields of resonant frequencies are discussed.

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I wish to thank S.V. Sazonov for a long-term collaboration and assistance. This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant no. 16-02-00453.

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Bugay, A.N. Terahertz Solitons in Condensed Media. Phys. Part. Nuclei 50, 210–229 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779619020023

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