Spatial effects of radiation trapping in an optically thick atomic vapor excited by a laser beam

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2169-2172

  Scholz, T ^a   Schiffer, M ^a   Welzel, J ^a   Cysarz, D ^a   Lange, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SODIUM; VAPORS;

ATOMIC VAPOR; EXCITED STATE POPULATION; HOLSTEIN EQUATION; NONLOCAL EFFECT; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION TRAPPING;

DIFFUSION IN GASES;

EID: 0030129251     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.2169     Document Type: Article

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