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THE rate at which a collection of atoms is excited or de-excited by monochromatic light which has been split into distinct components by a half-silvered mirror, diffraction grating, or other means would ordinarily be expected to be proportional to the average intensity of the intercepted light. This would be true whether the atoms intercepted but a single component or several components of the light. The latter could be propagating in nearly the same direction or could arrive from quite different directions.
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For quantitative expressions, see White, J. A., App. Phys. Letters, 3, 107 (1963).
White, J. A., Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., 8, 530 (1963).
Szöke, A., and Javan, A., Phys. Rev. Letters, 10, 521 (1963). This decrease in output as the laser is tuned to the atomic resonance was first predicted by Lamb, jun., W. E. ; cf. the note by McFarlane, R. A., Bennett, jun., W. R., and Lamb, jun., W. E., App. Phys. Letters, 2, 189 (1963).
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WHITE, J. An Implication for Lasers of an Aspect of Interference at High Field Strengths. Nature 201, 911–912 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201911a0
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