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9 July 2007 Saturation effects and the dip in single-mode laser radiation curve
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Abstract
We show that the dip in the intensity line shape of a single-mode laser can appear at definite experimental conditions in cases both of nonhomogeneously broadened line as well as homogeneously broadened line of the atomic transition. In both cases the dip is explained by the nonlinear character of the phenomenon. The saturation of the population difference of the involved atomic energy levels has its maximum in the vicinity of the line center. Therefore the saturation of the amplification is at maximum near the atomic line center, and, as a consequence, the lasing power is reduced.
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T. V. Radina "Saturation effects and the dip in single-mode laser radiation curve", Proc. SPIE 6727, ICONO 2007: Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy and High-Precision Measurements; and Fundamentals of Laser Chemistry and Biophotonics, 67270A (9 July 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.752239
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KEYWORDS
Chemical species

Modulation

Polarization

Wave propagation

Doppler effect

Electromagnetism

Gas lasers

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