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Physical Review A

Time-dependent optical transitions in vibronic systems

F. Marquis, P. Schwendimann

Published Oct 1, 1989• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show that the resonant interaction between a field mode and a pair of vibronic levels is influenced by dynamical coupling to nonresonant states. The dependence of the occupation probability of vibronic states on dipole coupling, displacement, and resonance condition is discussed.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.40.4793

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