Published May 1993 | Version v1
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An experimental investigation of superfluorescence in calcium

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We have studied Superfluorescence (SF) under highly unfavorable conditions of rapid collisional and radiative distribution in a Doppler broadened medium. Nanosecond SF pulses at 5.5 μ were generated from a 50 cm column of calcium vapor buffered with argon by optically pumping the Ca (4s21S0 - 4s4p1P1 - 3d4s1D2) Raman Amplifier scheme. Power broadening due to an intense 13 nsec pump pulse precludes the evolution of SF for essentially this duration. As a result, the scaling laws which govern the properties of SF in a transversely excited system are shown to apply in our situation in which the conditions resemble swept excitation

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Bulletin of the American Physical Society
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 1154.WE36.
ISSN
0003-0503
CODEN
BAPSA6

Conference

Title
1993 American Physical Society annual meeting on atomic, molecular, and topical physics.
Dates
16-19 May 1993.
Place
Reno, NV (United States).

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27079317
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
CALCIUM; COLLISIONS; FLUORESCENCE; LINE BROADENING; OPTICAL PUMPING
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; METALS; PHOTON EMISSION

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CONF-9305421--.