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Physical Review A

Field-dependent relaxation effects in a three-level system driven by a strong coherent field

Olga A. Kocharovskaya, Yevgeny V. Radeonychev, Paul Mandel, Marlan O. Scully

Published Oct 1, 1999• 29 citations
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Abstract

We describe the physical effects emerging in three-level atoms as a result of a drastic modification of the relaxation processes under the action of a strong coherent field when one of two dynamic Stark levels crosses a nearby atomic state.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.60.3091

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