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It is shown that, unlike the semiclassical theory of radiation, quantum theory predicts coherent reflection of resonance radiation from media for any ratios between the molecular density in the ground and excited states.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 71–75, September, 1983.
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Veklenko, B.A. Effect of noise on interference phenomena in resonance spectroscopy. Soviet Physics Journal 26, 836–839 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00891853
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00891853