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Physics Letters A

Volume 69, Issue 5, 8 January 1979, Pages 316-318
Physics Letters A

A solution of the sine-Gordon equation with boundary conditions appropriate to oscillating superfluorescence

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Abstract

A procedure is given for solving the sine-Gordon equation with boundary conditions which define the physical problem of superfluorescent emission from an inverted and spatially extended medium. The shape of the leading pulse is calculated. An important new result is a verification and extension of the form of the expression of MacGillivray and Feld and of Skribanowitz, Herman, MacGillivray and Feld for the delay time τD in oscillating superfluorescence.

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