Spatio-temporal light structures in a chain of bistable two-level medium thin films

Autor: Logvin, Yu.A., Samson, A.M., Volkov, V.M.
Zdroj: Chaos, Solitons & Fractals; August-September 1994, Vol. 4 Issue: 8-9 p1451-1460, 10p
Abstrakt: The light transmission through a system of bistable thin films of two-level atoms (centres) is considered. In the limit of an inertialess two-level medium, the problem is reduced to a nonlinear infinite-dimension mapping. It is shown that self-pulsation regimes occur when the incident light intensity is not enough to switch all bistable elements into the upper state. For the Gaussian incident beam, spatio-temporal light structures are studied. The structure of the transverse profile of the light beam depends to a large extent on the strength of diffraction, the increase of which leads to formation of smoother profiles, and regimes with a shorter period. Multistability of spatial structures is also investigated.
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