A Question about power broadening

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Increasing the power of a laser can lead to power broadening, which affects the effective linewidth of the transmitted light. In the scenario described, with a Doppler broadened linewidth of 10 MHz and a laser linewidth of 1 MHz, initially only 10% of the atoms interact with the laser. If the laser power is significantly increased, the effective linewidth can expand to 10 MHz, allowing interaction with a larger fraction of the atomic ensemble. This means that the transmitted line would indeed broaden to 10 MHz, enabling interaction with all the atoms in the cell. Understanding this relationship is crucial for applications in atomic physics and laser technology.
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Hello! If I have an atomic ensemble (say in a cell) with a Doppler broadened linewidth of 10 MHz and I have a laser of fixed linewidth of 1 MHz. If I keep the laser frequency fixed on the center of the atomic transition (say that I measure the laser transmission), I would see a peak of 1 MHz linewidth, but only 10% of the atoms will interact with the laser (I assume that anything beyond 1 linewidth doesn't interact just to simplify the question). If I increase the power of the laser a lot, I will have power broadening. If that makes the effective linewidth 10 MHz, does it mean that now I would see a transmitted line of 10 MHz linewidth and the laser will interact with all the atoms in the cell? Thank you!
 

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