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Coherent excitation of multilevel systems by laser radiation

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Different problems of coherent quasi-resonant excitation of multilevel systems in monochromatic radiation fields are discussed. Analytically solvable examples are presented, and, on this basis, some principal effects of cohrent multilevel dynamics are treated.

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Makarov, A.A. Coherent excitation of multilevel systems by laser radiation. Hyperfine Interact 37, 49–70 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02395704

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