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Effect of optical pumping on the thulium absorption spectrum saturation and width

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The numerical solution to optical Bloch equations for the transition F g = 4 ⇒ F e = 5 with a wavelength of 410.6 nmin the thulium atom is presented. The absorption spectrum saturation and narrowing effects due to optical pumping are considered in detail.

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Correspondence to I. S. Kozhokaru.

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Original Russian Text © I.S. Kozhokaru, E.T. Davletov, A.V. Akimov, 2017, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2017, Vol. 44, No. 9, pp. 3–10.

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Kozhokaru, I.S., Davletov, E.T. & Akimov, A.V. Effect of optical pumping on the thulium absorption spectrum saturation and width. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 44, 249–253 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335617090019

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