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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

On the stability of a steady-state π pulse

S. Barone

Published Feb 1, 1972• 0 citations
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Abstract

It is shown that in the absence of relaxation or inhomogeneous broadening the steady-state π pulse in an amplifier is locally unstable against the introduction of certain amplitude perturbations.
DOI
10.1109/jqe.1972.1076930

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