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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Optical Stark Effect in Stimulated Raman Scattering

Allen M. Flusberg

Published Apr 22, 1988• 1 citation
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Abstract

IntroductionIn calculating the Raman gain coefficient for stimulated rotational Raman scattering (SRRS), one oftenassumes that the Zeeman sublevels in each of the rotational levels are degenerate. The importance of thisdegeneracy becomes clear when we consider that a Raman transition between rotational levels j and j'
DOI
10.1117/12.939716

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