Two-Photon Superradiance

Abstract
A transient two-photon process is observed in the infrared which exhibits all the co-operative properties associated with superradiant two-level systems. It arises when a cw laser beam excites a molecular sample whose level degeneracy is suddenly removed by a Stark field. The resulting emission, which heterodynes with the laser, gives precise ground- and excited-state Stark splittings, and decays with a homogeneous relaxation time since Doppler dephasing effects are absent in forward scattering.

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