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Lecture 8: Laser amplifiers Opt
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Optical transitions 3
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Photon-matter interaction processes
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Three basic photon-matter interacti
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Probability per second of a spontan
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Spectral lineshape The spectra
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Homogeneous broadening If all o
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Inhomogeneous broadening Howeve
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Transition rates The transiti
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Transition rates The total induce
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Blackbody radiation A system und
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Planck’s law of blackbody radiati
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Transition rates In thermal equili
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Boltzmann distribution Energy E E 2
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Transition rates Therefore, the s
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Transition cross section For the
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Optical absorption and amplificatio
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Optical absorption and amplificatio
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Resonant optical susceptibility Fo
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Resonant optical susceptibility Th
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Population inversion 43
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Population inversion A nonequilibr
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Rate equations The net rate of chan
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Population inversion Population in
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Two-level systems No matter how a
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Two-level systems Take the upward
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