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Theoretical treatment of relaxation oscillations in quasi-three-level systems

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The study of the temporal and spectral behavior of relaxation oscillations in quasi-three-level systems allows the direct measurement of the absolute value and spectral profile of laser-transition absorption and emission cross sections, simultaneously and independently, not requiring the usual assumption of Boltzman distributions for the intermanifold sublevels.

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  1. INESC - Centre de Optoelectrónica, R. José Falcão 110, P-4000, Porto, Portugal

    J. R. Salcedo, J. M. Sousa & V. V. Kuzmin

  2. Department of Physics, Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, P-4000, Porto, Portugal

    J. R. Salcedo

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Salcedo, J.R., Sousa, J.M. & Kuzmin, V.V. Theoretical treatment of relaxation oscillations in quasi-three-level systems. Appl. Phys. B 62, 83–85 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01081252

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