| Abstract: | A boundary-value problem of nonlinear resonance optics in the interaction of intense light with a superthin film of two-level atoms is solved. In solving this boundary-value problem, the authors draw on the idea of a discrete-continuous system in which the atoms are distributed in a discrete manner in the vicinity of the point of observation. It is shown that detailed account of the dipole field leads to a near-field effect both inside the film and outside it in the near zone with respect to outer film surfaces. Various properties of the near-field effect in stationary irradiation of the film with quasi-resonance radiation with allowance for a resonance shift are investigated. It is shown, in particular, that, in the near zone, there is a nonexponential dependence of the fields of reflected and transmitted waves on the coordinate of the point of observation. Ul'yanovsk State University, 42, L. Tolstoi St., Ul'yanovsk, 432700, Russia. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 236–246, March–April, 1998. |
