Published January 1978 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of velocity-changing collisions upon optical coherences in a three-level system

  • 1. Laboratoire Aime Cotton, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique II, Batiment 505, 91405 Orsay, France

Description

In this work, a theory of laser nonlinear spectroscopy and its application to the study of atomic collisions is developed. A three-level system (TLS) is considered in low-pressure gases. The effect of weak velocity-changing collisions (vcc) upon atomic coherences is introduced into the TLS equations established by Haensch and Toschek. It appears that a TLS is suitable for the observation of the effect of vcc upon optical coherences

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Journal Title
Physical Review A
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Rev., A.
Journal Page Range
52-58
ISSN
0556-2791

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
9387289
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS; COHERENT RADIATION; DISTRIBUTION; ELASTIC SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY
Descriptors DEC
ATOM COLLISIONS; COLLISIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING

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