Quantum interference effects induced by interacting dark resonances

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 3225-3228

  Lukin, M D ^a,c   Yelin, S F ^a,b,d   Fleischhauer, M ^a,d   Scully, M O ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

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EID: 0001165662     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.3225     Document Type: Article

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