Module 7 : Laser- I
Lecture   : Line Broadening in Lasers
 

taken to be approximately monochromatic with a frequency $ \nu_s$. Thus the lineshape function that is relvant to our discussion is $ g(\nu,\nu_0)$with $ \nu=\nu_s$. This is denoted as $ g(\nu_s,\nu_0)$.
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