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The fluorescence spectrum emitted from a three-level atom interacting with two strong resonant fields has received considerable attention. The three-level atom in the ladder-type configuration has been studied by Whitley and Stroud and others.1, 2 However, the V-type configuration (see insert figure 1) has received much less attention. Using a method similar to Whitley and Stroud a computer generated spectrum is calculated both on and near resonance. The resulting spectrum appears to be in some disagreement with the literature.3 However, our results can be understood on a physical basis by employing rate equation techniques and by an approximate calculation of the eigenvalues of the Hamiltonian.
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Postiff, R., Khoo, I.C., Kuo, P.K., Favro, L.D. (1984). Fluorescence Spectrum from a Three-Level Atom Interacting with a Monochromatic and Broadband Laser. In: Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics V. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0605-5_96
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