superfluorescence

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ fluorescence.

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Noun

superfluorescence (plural superfluorescences)

1. (physics) fluorescence as a result of spontaneous correlation of excited atomic states
   • 1999 November 19, Malcolm H. Dunn, Majid Ebrahimzadeh, “Parametric Generation of Tunable Light from Continuous-Wave to Femtosecond Pulses”, in Science‎, volume 286, number 5444, →DOI, pages 1513–1517:

     In this approach, a source of parametric superfluorescence (an OPG with optical gain of 10 10 to 10 12 ) provides the seed pulse (energy 10 to 100 nJ) for subsequent parametric amplification (with an OPG with optical gain of 10 3 to 10 5 ).

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