Abstract:
By numerically solving the system of Maxwell–Bloch equations, we have examined theoretically collisions of extremely short single-cycle and unipolar subcycle pulses in a nonlinear resonant medium under conditions that the light interacts coherently with the medium. The dynamics of the electric field of structures of light-induced polarization and inversion difference has been considered in the situation in which pulses are overlapped in the medium. We show that the states of the medium (to the right and to the left of the overlap region of the pulses) may differ. In particular, we show that polarization waves with different characteristics can exist in the regions of the medium that are located on opposite sides of the overlap region of the pulses. These waves travel in different directions and have different spatial frequencies.
Citation:
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, A. V. Pakhomov, D. O. Zhiguleva, N. N. Rosanov, “Collisions of single-cycle and subcycle attosecond light pulses in a nonlinear resonant medium”, Optics and Spectroscopy, 124:4 (2018), 510–517; Optics and Spectroscopy, 124:4 (2018), 541–548
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This publication is cited in the following 12 articles:
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, A. V. Pakhomov, O. O. Diachkova, N. N. Rosanov, “Microcavities and Photonic Time Crystals Formed by the Colliding of Half-Cycle Light Pulses in a Resonant Medium”, Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys., 89:1 (2025), 63
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, A. V.Pakhomov, O. O. Diachkova, N. N. Rosanov, “Interference of the Electric and Envelope Areas of Ultrashort Light Pulses in Quantum Systems”, Radiophys Quantum El, 2024
O.O. Diachkova, R.M. Arkhipov, M.V. Arkhipov, A.V. Pakhomov, N.N. Rosanov, “Optical microcavity formation and ultrafast control using half-cycle attosecond pulses in two- and three-level media”, Optics Communications, 565 (2024), 130666
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, A. V. Pakhomov, P. A. Obraztsov, N. N. Rosanov, “Unipolar and subcycle extremely short pulses: recent results and prospects (brief review)”, JETP Letters, 117:1 (2023), 8–23
M. V. Arkhipov, R. M. Arkhipov, N. N. Rosanov, “Peculiaritie of Polarization Waves Behavior under Excitation of an Extended Resonant Medium by Overlapping Extremely Short Light Pulses”, Opt. Spectrosc., 131:1 (2023), 20
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, A. V. Pakhomov, O. O. Dyachkova, N. N. Rosanov, “Nonharmonic Spatial Population Difference Structures Created by Unipolar Rectangular Pulses in a Resonant Medium”, Opt. Spectrosc., 131:2 (2023), 80
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, A. V.Pakhomov, O. O. Diachkova, N. N. Rosanov, “Interference of the Electric and Envelope Areas of Ultrashort Light Pulses in Quantum Systems”, Radiophys Quantum El, 66:4 (2023), 286
R. M. Arkhipov, “Electromagnetically induced gratings created by few-cycle light pulses (brief review)”, JETP Letters, 113:10 (2021), 611–621
R M Arkhipov, M V Arkhipov, A V Pakhomov, I Babushkin, A Demircan, U Morgner, N N Rosanov, “Population density gratings creation and control in resonant medium by half-cycle terahertz pulses”, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 1984:1 (2021), 012011
Huadi Zhang, Shuanggen Zhang, Shengdong Li, Xiurong Ma, “Performance analysis of double-amplitude population gratings by non-overlapping unipolar pulses”, Optics Communications, 462 (2020), 125182
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, A. A. Shimko, A. V. Pakhomov, N. N. Rosanov, “Ultrashort optical pulses and their generation in resonant media (scientific summary)”, JETP Letters, 110:1 (2019), 15–24
R. M. Arkhipov, A. V. Pakhomov, M. V. Arkhipov, I. Babushkin, N. N. Rosanov, “Population difference gratings induced in a resonant medium by a pair of short terahertz nonoverlapping pulses”, Optics and Spectroscopy, 125:4 (2018), 586–589