Efficient 5D excitation of trapped Rb atoms using pulses of diode-laser light in the counterintuitive order

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1001-1008

  Suptitz W ^a   Duncan, B C ^a   Gould, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LASER PULSES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTOIONIZATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RUBIDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

COUNTERINTUITIVE PULSE ORDERING; TWO PHOTON POPULATION TRANSFER;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031146957     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001001     Document Type: Article

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