Decay of excited molecules in absorbing planar cavities

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 4197-4206

  Tomas M S ^a   Lenac, Z ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

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EID: 0000782322     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.4197     Document Type: Article

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