Self-Reflected Wave inside a Very Dense Saturable Absorber
- 11 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 55 (20) , 2149-2151
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.55.2149
Abstract
The numerical solution of the Maxwell-Bloch equations describing the propagation of a plane monochromatic wave through a saturable absorber shows the appearance of a new kind of reflected wave generated inside the medium. This new phenomenon is described and its physical origin, related to the saturation-induced refractive index changes, is discussed.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Relaxation terms for strong-field optical Bloch equationsJournal of the Optical Society of America B, 1984
- Chaotic Nonlinear Stimulated Brillouin ScatteringPhysical Review Letters, 1984
- Self-focussing in a vapour of two-state atomsOptics Communications, 1982
- Propagation of Light Pulses in a Laser AmplifierPhysical Review B, 1969
- Self-Induced TransparencyPhysical Review B, 1969
- 6A5 - Possibility of self-focusing due to intensity dependent anomalous dispersionIEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1966