Influence of an absorbing dielectric background on bistable response of a dense collection of two-level atoms

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-22

  Novitsky, Denis V ^a  

^a B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORBING DIELECTRICS; BISTABLES; DIELECTRIC ABSORPTION; FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; LIGHT INTERACTION; LOW DIELECTRIC; NONLOCAL; PROPAGATION EFFECT; STATIONARY PROBLEM; TWO-LEVEL ATOM;

ABSORPTION;

EID: 78650878747     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000018     Document Type: Article

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