“…There is a number of generalizations, as well, aiming to take into account the near-dipoledipole interactions (local-field correction) in the dense resonant media [8], Stark shift of the absorption line [9], and few-cycle pulse dynamics in the regime of invalidity of the rotating-wave approximation [10,11]. Using the two-level model and its generalizations, the broad spectrum of SIT studies was performed including invariant pulse propagation and optical switching in dense media [12,13], quasiadiabatic following analysis [14], incoherent solitons [15], SIT soliton lasers [16], SIT soliton collisions [17,18], SIT in Bragg reflectors and photonic crystals [19,20,21], coherent pulse propagation and SIT effects in doped waveguides and amplifiers [22,23], SIT in the presence of Kerr nonlinearity [24,25], etc.…”