Stimulated Emission Cross Section
The stimulated emission cross section (in square meters) is
where
- A21 is the Einstein A coefficient (in radians per second),
- λ is the wavelength (in meters),
- n is the refractive index of the medium (dimensionless), and
- g(ν) is the spectral line shape function (in seconds).
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