Modification of the spontaneous emission rate of [Formula Presented] ions embedded within a dielectric layer above a silver mirror

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 865-872

  Worthing, P T ^a   Amos, R M ^a   Barnes, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001768038     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.865     Document Type: Article

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