Multiple Landau-Zener crossings and quantum interference in atoms driven by phase modulated fields

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2165-2171

  Harshawardhan, W ^a   Agarwal, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 0001274531     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.2165     Document Type: Article

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