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Wavelength linewidth of a damped-oscillator power resonance (Δλ=2πcγ/ω02​)

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Converting the two half-power frequencies using λ=2πc/ω gives Δλ=2πc(1/ω−​−1/ω+​). Since ω−​ω+​=ω02​, this reduces exactly to the displayed expression. The wavelength endpoints are not symmetric around 2πc/ω0​; a symmetric narrow-line sketch is an approximation. This conversion concerns the same measured response versus a reparametrized axis, not a transformation between spectral density conventions.

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