Abstract
Coherent, continuous-wave and pulsed-laser response of optical two-level systems are reviewed in terms of optical Bloch-Maxwell equations. The concept of the macroscopic magnetic moment reaction “radiation damping” field in NMR is extended to account for the threshold condition for maser-laser action in a cavity and for propagating optical, coherent, transient free-induction signals emitted by macroscopic electric dipole moments. Analogues of NMR in coherent optical transients are listed. A brief history is presented of early developments in magnetic resonace, leading to application of the Bloch equations to the semiclassical description of electric dipole two-level systems. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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