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Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Physics

Photon echo in oscillator-type multilevel systems

Alexander A. Makarov, K. A. Antonova

Published Jul 1, 2010• 1 citation
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Abstract

The effect of photon echo is studied in several multilevel systems with quasi-equidistant spectra. The analysis focuses on the echo schemes that are of interest for femtosecond photon echo experiments involving both fundamental and combination vibrational modes of molecules.
DOI
10.3103/s106287381007004x

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