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The subject of cooperative radiative transitions by a system of two or more identical atoms (or molecules) has received considerable attention over the years, beginning with an initial study by Dicke 1. Many authors since have dealt with coherent single-quantum electric-dipole excitations of systems of two 2,3 or more 3,4 atoms. The effects of the atomic interaction include in general the splitting of each atomic energy level into a number of sublevels, the shift of each sublevel from the single-atom energy, and a change in the lifetime of each sublevel from the single-atom radiative lifetime.
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Chen, Z., Freedhoff, H. (1992). Cooperative Atomic Effects in Two-Photon Processes. In: Bandrauk, A.D., Wallace, S.C. (eds) Coherence Phenomena in Atoms and Molecules in Laser Fields. NATO ASI Series, vol 287. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3364-1_21
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