Absorption Line Saturation is an astrophysical phenomenon in spectroscopy where the equivalent width of an absorption line ceases to increase linearly with column density due to the line core reaching maximum opacity, thereby limiting the quantitative analysis of interstellar material.
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Spectral Line Saturation
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Theory of Saturated-Absorption Line Shapes
S. Haroche, F. Hartmann · Physical review. A, General physics · 1972 · 290 citations
Cross-Relaxation Effects in the Saturation of the 6328-Å Neon-Laser Line
P. W. Smith, R. Hänsch · Physical Review Letters · 1971 · 174 citations
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Paris, France
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12 publications
754 citations
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
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University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
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Pennsylvania State University
State College, United States
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Laboratoire de physique des lasers
Villetaneuse, France
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Laboratoire Aimé Cotton
Orsay, France
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Sorbonne Université
Paris, France
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Université Paris Cité
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- The Astrophysical Journal
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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- Applied Physics Letters
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