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Time Dependence of Wave‐Mixing Processes under Pulsed Resonant Excitation in Three‐Level Systems
Author(s) -
Hönerlage B.,
Frindi M.,
Miletic J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221490242
Subject(s) - mixing (physics) , excitation , four wave mixing , excited state , physics , resonance (particle physics) , atomic physics , population , signal (programming language) , photon , computational physics , optics , nonlinear optics , laser , quantum mechanics , computer science , demography , sociology , programming language
A theoretical analysis is given of wave‐mixing processes in three‐level systems excited by nano‐second pulses close to a two‐photon resonance. It is shown that the lifetime of the incoherent quasi‐particle population influences the time dependent generation of the coherent signal.