Atoms in squeezed light fields

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-474

  Dalton, B J ^a   Ficek, Z ^a   Swain, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANGEVIN EQUATIONS;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE OPTICS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0033100356     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500349908231278     Document Type: Article

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