Nonperturbative transient four-wave-mixing line shapes due to excitation-induced shift and excitation-induced dephasing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 764-769

  Shacklette, J M ^a   Cundiff, S T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

EXCITATION-INDUCED DEPHASING;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0037498300     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000764     Document Type: Article

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