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Physical Review A

Experimental investigation on the frequency dependence of the exponential index in the Na 3s-5stwo-photon transition

Sung Ho Kim, Hong Jin Kong

Published Mar 1, 1990• 0 citations
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Abstract

The exponential index K in the Na 3s-5s two-photon transition as a function of detuning in the range from -186 to 172 GHz was experimentally investigated. The value of the K index varies from 2.0 to 1.6 and from 1.9 to 0.41 for the pumping intensities of 3.5 and 14 MW/${\mathrm{cm}}^{2}$, respectively; they agree well with the theoretical prediction obtained from the optical Bloch equations.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.41.2880

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