SATURATION SPECTROSCOPY OF INFRARED MOLECULAR-TRANSITION IN AN OPTICALLY THICK CELL

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作者
DILORENZO, O [1 ]
DEOLIVEIRA, PC [1 ]
LEITE, JRR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV FED PARAIBA,DEPT FIS,JOAO PESSOA,BRAZIL
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10.1364/OL.16.001768
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Low-background sub-Doppler saturated absorption line shapes were obtained for SF6 with a CO2 laser. With the use of a high-power pump, linewidths near the collisional relaxation width have been observed. The theory for a two-level model has been calculated and shows that the rate-equation approximation overestimates the line narrowing because of the propagation effect. Consistent with experiments, for linear absorption coefficients alpha-l of less than 15, no subnatural line is predicted.
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