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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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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 created | 2018-03-23 |
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Record modified | 2020-05-30 |
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