Stochastic theory of self-induced transparency: Linearized approach

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1031-1038

  Kozlov, Victor V ^a,b   Matsko, Andrey B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCATTERING;

SELF-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY;

SOLITONS;

EID: 0034397349     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001031     Document Type: Article

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