title: Random polarization dynamics in a resonant optical medium.
abstract: Random optical-pulse polarization switching along an active optical medium in the Λ configuration with spatially disordered occupation numbers of its lower energy sublevel pair is described using the idealized integrable Maxwell-Bloch model. Analytical results describing the light polarization-switching statistics for the single self-induced transparency pulse are compared with statistics obtained from direct Monte Carlo numerical simulations.
authors.affiliation: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York 10012, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Newhall
authors.forename: Ethan P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Atkins
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kovačič
authors.forename: Ildar R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Gabitov