Dynamic control of micromaser and laser emission from driven three-level atoms

Optics Communications

Volumn 124, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 579-594

  Gantsog, Tserensodnom ^a,b   Meyer, Georg M ^a,c,d   Scully, Marlan O ^a,c   Walther, Herbert ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CAVITY RESONATORS; COHERENT LIGHT; LASERS; LIGHT EMISSION; MASERS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; PHOTONS; STATISTICS;

LASER EMISSION; MASTER EQUATIONS; MEAN PHOTON NUMBER; MICROMASER; PHOTON NUMBER FLUCTUATIONS; STEADY STATE PHOTON DISTRIBUTIONS; THREE LEVEL ATOMS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0030108189     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(95)00654-0     Document Type: Article

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