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Higher Conservation Laws and Coherent Pulse Propagation

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Coherence and Quantum Optics

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It has been shown that the equations customarily used to describe coherent optical pulse propagation, namely the coupled Maxwell and Bloch equations in the slowly varying envelope approximation, possess conservation laws in addition to the usual one associated with the conservation of energy. These higher conservation laws have been used to determine the amplitude of each of the 2π pulses into which a coherent pulse may decompose as it propagates through an absorbing medium.[1]

Portions of this research are being submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the M.S. degree at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.

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  1. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, Conn., USA

    D. D. Schnack

  2. United Aircraft Research Labs., East Hartford, Conn., USA

    G. L. Lamb Jr.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

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Schnack, D.D., Lamb, G.L. (1973). Higher Conservation Laws and Coherent Pulse Propagation. In: Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2034-0_4

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