Coherence and decoherence in the interaction of light with atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 5065-5099

  Carmichael, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0000198334     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.5065     Document Type: Article

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