Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 173, 193-222 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2009-01074-x

Integrable equations of a few cycle optical pulse propagation

The reduced Maxwell-Bloch equations

Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia

Corresponding author: zabolotskii@iae.nsk.su

Abstract

Evolution of the integrable Reduced Maxwell-Bloch equations describing interaction of light pulses with the two-level system in dipole approximation beyond the slow envelopes application is reviewered.