Quantum Mechanical Effects in Stimulated Optical Emission
- 1 May 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 126 (3) , 1011-1014
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.126.1011
Abstract
An analysis of a three-level system using time-dependent perturbation theory shows that two distinct photon-emission processes take place within such a system when stimulated optical emission occurs: one-and two-photon transitions. The two-photon transition consists of the emission of a stimulated photon followed by the absorption of a coherent pump photon.Keywords
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