• DocumentCode
    1121274
  • Title

    Coherence effects in multiphoton absorption processes

  • Author

    Meadors, John G.

  • Author_Institution
    Ohio Univ., Athens, Ohio
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1966
  • fDate
    9/1/1966 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    638
  • Lastpage
    644
  • Abstract
    The statistical properties of light such as from an optical maser are related to the observable characteristics of multiphoton absorption processes. It is shown that multiphoton absorption provides a technique for investigating the coherence properties of intense light sources. Several simple models for the radiation field are considered, and the statistical properties of these models are derived and discussed.
  • Keywords
    Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Coherence; Detectors; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Laser modes; Laser theory; Masers; Optical beams; Probability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1966.1074130
  • Filename
    1074130