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autler-townes effect

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
aut-ler--tow-nes -ef-fect
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dynamical Stark effect corresponding to the case when an oscillating electric field (e.g., that of a laser) is tuned in resonance (or close) to the transition frequency of a given spectral line, and resulting in a change of the shape of the absorption/emission spectra of that spectral line.

Etymology

Named after American physicists Stanley Autler and Charles H. Townes who discovered the effect in 1955.

Inflected Forms

Autler-Townes effects (plural)

Questions

What does autler-townes effect mean?
A dynamical Stark effect corresponding to the case when an oscillating electric field (e.g., that of a laser) is tuned in resonance (or close) to the transition frequency of a given spectral line, and resulting in a change of the shape of the absorption/emission spectra of that spectral line.
Where does autler-townes effect come from?
Named after American physicists Stanley Autler and Charles H. Townes who discovered the effect in 1955.

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