Abstract
We demonstrate how spectroscopic line shape analysis of backward nearly degenerate four-wave mixing (NDFWM) can be used to determine all the relaxation parameters characterizing a two-level atom. This problem is investigated in the context of a simple gas phase collisionless system but has important implications for interpretation of nonlinear spectroscopy data in more complicated systems such as solids or liquids.
© 1988 Optical Society of America
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