Interaction of atomic wave packets with four-wave mixing: Detection of rubidium and potassium wave packets by coherent ultraviolet emission

Optics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-72

  Tran, H C ^a,b   John, P C ^a,c   Gao, J ^a   Eden, J G ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PROBES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATOMIC WAVE PACKETS; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0031674626     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.23.000070     Document Type: Article

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