We consider the problem of the propagation of an electric field generated by periodic pumping in a stable medium of two-level atoms as the mixed problem for the Maxwell–Bloch equations without spectrum broadening. An approach to the study of such a problem is proposed. We use the inverse scattering transform method in the form of the matrix Riemann–Hilbert (RH) problem, using simultaneous spectral analysis of both the Lax equations. The proposed matrix RH problem solves the problem of the propagation of a sinusoidal signal in an unperturbed stable medium (attenuator). It is proved that this RH problem provides the causality principle for the region t < x, and for the region of the light cone, 0 < x < t allows us to find the asymptotics of the transmitted signal. First, we study the asymptotics of the RH problem for large times, and then, we obtain asymptotic formulas for the mixed problem solution of the Maxwell–Bloch equations when the attenuator is long enough. Three sectors are obtained in the light cone where the asymptotics have essentially different behaviors.
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