title: Asymmetric resonance in selective reflection: explanation via Fano-like mechanism.
abstract: Fano mechanism is the universal explanation of asymmetric resonance appearing in different systems. We report the evidence of Fano-like resonance in selective reflection from a resonant two-level medium. We draw an analogy with the asymmetric resonance previously obtained for the coupled oscillators. We also take into account the effects of dielectric background and local-field correction and connect our results with optical bistability.
authors.affiliation: B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Nezavisimosti Avenue 68, 220072 Minsk, Belarus. dvnovitsky@tut.by
authors.forename: Denis V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Novitsky