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Physical Review Letters

Observation and Relaxation of the Two-Photon Echo in Na Vapor

Allen M. Flusberg, THOMAS W. MOSSBERG, Ravinder Kachru, Sven R. Hartmann

Published Jul 31, 1978• 39 citations
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Abstract

We have used a pair of simultaneously pumped dye lasers to produce in Na vapor the sum-frequency two-photon analog of the photon echo. Quantum-beat effects were observed. Relaxation of the $3^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}\ensuremath{-}4^{2}D_{\frac{3}{2}}$ superposition was measured.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.41.305

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