Abstract
A thin film of resonant atoms with a thickness much less than the wavelength of incident light represents a very comprehensive model for studies of nonlinear surface waves [1,2] (see section 3.3) and nonlinear reflection of ultrashort optical pulses [3–5], which can be treated analytically. These phenomena are typical for Hamiltonian systems. Moreover, the model of a thin film of resonant atoms makes it possible to deal also with another class of nonlinear optical phenomena associated with nontrivial dynamics of open dissipative systems. The most familiar phenomena of this kind are optical bistability [6,7] and spontaneous pulsations (self-pulsations) [6,8]. The various types of coherent transients exhibiting new interesting peculiarities appear in the field of interactions of resonant light pulses with thin films [9–19]. On the other hand., thin film is a simple example of low dimensional systems attracting great attention in the last years.
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Maimistov, A.I., Basharov, A.M. (1999). Thin Film of Resonant Atoms: A Simple Model of Nonlinear Optics. In: Nonlinear Optical Waves. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 104. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2448-7_9
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