Single-atom dynamics revealed by photon correlations

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages R1657-R1660

  Gomer, V ^a   Strauch, F ^a   Ueberholz, B ^a   Knappe, S ^a   Meschede, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE PHYSIK   (Germany)

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EID: 0012149646     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R1657     Document Type: Article

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