Response of a nonlinear magnetic medium to an incident intense electromagnetic pulse

Reflection of an intense electromagnetic wave pulse is considered from a cl ass of strongly nonlinear magnetic media. It is shown that almost all the i ncident energy of the electromagnetic pulse can be reflected, and the polar ization of the reflected wave will be rotated like magneto-optical Kerr eff ect. Also constitutive equations for those media are obtained by analytical solution of Maxwell equations. Such media can be of interest as a power li miters against powerful laser pulses. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All ri ghts reserved.