Dynamics of coherent population trapping states in dense systems

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1690-1696

  Jyotsna, Iyyanki V ^a   Agarwal, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 0005595118     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.1690     Document Type: Article

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