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Self-Induced Transparency

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Nonlinear Optical Waves

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A self-induced transparency (SIT) phenomenon consists in the propagation of a powerful ultrashort pulse (USP) of light through a resonance medium without the distortion and energy loss of this pulse [1–4]. This phenomenon is characterised by the continuous absorption and re-emission of electromagnetic radiation by resonant atoms of medium in such a manner that steady-state optical pulse propagates. In the ideal case the energy dissipation of the USP is invisible, and the state of the resonant medium is not varying. It means that the medium is transparent. The group velocity of a such steady-state pulse, called 2π-pulse or soliton of SIT, is less than the phase speed of light in a medium. The group velocity depends on a 2π-pulse duration: the shorter is the duration, the higher is its speed [2–5]. When two pulses of the different velocities spread in the medium, the second pulse may overtake the first and a collision will take place. After the collision, the solitons keep their shape and velocity (but in general all other parameters of solitons may alter). This fundamental property of the SIT solitons has been studied many times both theoretically and experimentally [3,6,7].

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Maimistov, A.I., Basharov, A.M. (1999). Self-Induced Transparency. In: Nonlinear Optical Waves. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 104. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2448-7_4

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