Temporal 'diffraction' and eigenvalue interpretation of the resonance fluorescence spectrum of two-level systems driven by short pulses

Presents a qualitative interpretation of the area-dependent spectrum of pulse-induced resonance fluorescence predicted in recent theoretical papers. It is pointed out that the source integrals that determine the frequency distribution of the spontaneous emission resemble those that appear in the theory of diffraction, and the source functions become symmetric 'gratings' with finite numbers of 'slits' whenever the pulse area is a restoring eigenvalue. The author notes that these 'magic areas' are not invariably 2 pi n with n integral.

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