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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.39.3992 |
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| Author | Search for: Szabo, A.1; Search for: Muramoto, T. |
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| Name affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Abstract | Recent studies by DeVoe and Brewer [Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 1269 (1983)] have shown that the conventional optical Bloch equations markedly fail to describe the optical saturation behavior of the D1 line in the solid Pr3+:LaF3. In this paper we extend these studies to another solid, ruby, using free-induction-decay observations obtained by pulse excitation of the R1 line at 693.4 nm with an ultranarrow-linewidth dye laser. Comparison of the results with Gauss-Markov and random-telegraph-dephasing theories shows approximate agreement for a fluctuation correlation time τc=T2, the dephasing time. This result is remarkably similar to that obtained for Pr3+:LaF3. However, for theoretical and experimental reasons, we conclude that the theories do not consistently explain the current as well as other data. A qualitative discussion of another dephasing model is given. |
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| Publication date | 1989-04 |
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| Publisher | American Physical Society |
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| Note | Mr. Szabo was affiliated with the National Research Council of Canada, Division of Physics when they authored this article. |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 23002915 |
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| Record identifier | fb4a82ab-7708-4fd5-b138-7075a743a021 |
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| Record created | 2018-03-23 |
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| Record modified | 2020-05-30 |
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