Detailed study of a high-finesse planar waveguide for evanescent wave atomic mirrors

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 603-627

  Labeyrie, G ^a   Landragin, A ^a   Von Zanthier, J ^a   Kaiser, R ^a   Vansteenkiste, N ^a   Westbrook, C ^a   Aspect, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; RESONANCE;

ATOMIC MIRRORS; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; EVANESCENT WAVES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0005452886     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1355-5111/8/3/022     Document Type: Article

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