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Resonance phenomena in saturation of absorption by laser radiation

The review deals with resonance phenomena resulting from saturation of low-pressure-gas absorption lines by a coherent optical field, when the spectral lines are inhomogeneously broadened by the Doppler effect. Principal attention is paid to narrow resonances of width much smaller than the Doppler widths, which are produced upon saturation of the absorption by light waves under various experimental conditions (inside and outside the laser resonator, in traveling and standing waves, in spatially separated waves, etc.), owing to different effects (absorption saturation, mode interaction in the laser). Each of the phenomena is considered from both the theoretical and the experimental points of view. The phenomena considered serve as a basis of a new branch of optical spectroscopy, namely nonlinear laser spectroscopy of ultrahigh resolution.

PACS: 42.50.Gy, 42.60.Da, 42.62.Fi (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1975v017n04ABEH004422
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1975/4/e/
Citation: Letokhov V S, Chebotaev V P "Resonance phenomena in saturation of absorption by laser radiation" Sov. Phys. Usp. 17 467–491 (1975)
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Оригинал: Летохов В С, Чеботаев В П «Резонансные явления при насыщении поглощения лазерным излучением» УФН 113 385–434 (1974); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0113.197407a.0385

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