Two-photon stimulated emission in laser-driven alkali-metal atoms using an orthogonal pump-probe geometry

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages R4249-R4252

  Pfister, Olivier ^a   Brown, William J ^a   Stenner, Michael D ^a   Gauthier, Daniel J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000882878     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.R4249     Document Type: Article

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