Abstract

Since Dicke’s initial work,¹ considerable attention has focused on the theoretical and experimental investigations of superradiance (SR).² The theoretical explanation of the SR effect is based on the use of the Bloch integral of motion of the semiclassical equations for resonance light-matter interactions. From the quantum theory point of view the SR pulse appearance means that the atomic subsystem comes to its full symmetric state during radiative decay.

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