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Local field effects in superradiance and superradiance without inversion from a thin film of three-level atoms

A. A. Bogdanov, Igor Viktorovich Ryzhov, Evgeni D. Trifonov, А. И. Зайцев, Viktor A. Malyshev

Published Jan 14, 2000• 2 citations

Abstract

We analyze the superradiant emission with and without inversion from a thin film comprised of three-level atoms with the A-scheme of operating transitions. Since the thickness of the system is assumed to be smaller than the emission wavelength, the local-field correction to the acting field becomes of great importance and affects the three-level superradiance to a large extent. Due to this correction, a competition between the operating transitions occurs, resulting under suitable conditions in the suppression of one of them.

DOI: 10.1117/12.375330

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