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Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Radiative renormalization analysis of optical double resonance

Paul L. Kelley, P. J. Harshman, O. Blum, T. Kenneth Gustafson

Published Nov 1, 1994• 16 citations
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Abstract

One- and two-photon renormalization is applied to three-level optical double resonance. An exact steady-state solution to the optical Bloch equations is given for arbitrarily strong, near-resonant, monochromatic fields connecting any two of the three possible level pairings. The results are discussed under various conditions and limits.
DOI
10.1364/josab.11.002298

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