General theory of laser-induced quantum beats. I. Saturation effects of single laser excitation
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 18 (4), 1507-1516
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.18.1507
Abstract
A general theory of quantum beats induced by pulsed-laser excitation is presented. The theory accounts for laser saturation effects such as stimulated emission from the excited atomic state during passage of the light pulse and light-induced atomic-level displacements. Under certain experimental conditions saturation may result in a modification, sometimes even in a regeneration, of the beat amplitudes.Keywords
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