Publication Date:
2011-08-16
Description:
Previous theoretical results on the influence of a laser on the line shape of a coupled transition (laser-induced line narrowing) have been restricted to the case where the laser is detuned from the center of its atomic gain profile or is in the form of a traveling wave. The present paper extends these results to the case where the laser is an intense standing-wave field tunable to the center of its atomic gain profile (conditions for Lamb dip). A theoretical solution of the problem is developed, and a detailed discussion of line shapes and physical processes involved is included.
Keywords:
PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND NUCLEAR
Type:
Physical Review A - General Physics; vol. 5
Format:
text
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