Abstract:
The previously predicted phenomenon of the formation of localized arrays of dynamic microresonators (DM) in a three-level resonant medium is theoretically studied. The effect occurs during an asymmetric (relative to the center of the medium) collision of two or three single-cycle, attosecond pulses, similar in action to 2$\pi$-pulses of self-induced transparency. It is shown that this effect, initially discovered in a two-level medium, is also preserved in three-level systems with different level configurations, which indicates its universality. The possibility of controlling the spatial configuration of microresonators by varying the time delay between pulses is established. The results open new prospects for ultrafast optics, attosecond physics, and topological photonics, including the creation of petahertz switches and control of light localization.
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