Abstract

High-contrast transmission spectra arising from saturated absorption in optically thick Doppler-broadened three-level media are analyzed within the formalism of Maxwell–Bloch-type equations. It is found that although in the strong pumping engine propagation-induced line narrowing and light-shift elimination occur, spectral features lying within the natural linewidth cannot be resolved.

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