Amplification without population inversion in a V three-level system: A physical interpretation

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 776-785

  Grynberg, G ^a   Pinard, M ^b   Mandel, P ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 0000770671     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.776     Document Type: Article

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