Spontaneous-emission spectrum in an absorbing Fabry-Perot cavity

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2431-2437

  Tomas M S ^a   Lenac, Z ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Filozofskog fakulteta u Rijeci   (Croatia)

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EID: 0000833805     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.2431     Document Type: Article

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