Arbitrary orientation of atoms and molecules via coherent population trapping by elliptically polarized light

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1293-1304

  Milner, Valery ^a   Chernobrod, Boris M ^a   Prior, Yehiam ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0000522929     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.1293     Document Type: Article

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