Lasing without inversion

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Mompart, J ^a   Corbalan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATOMIC PHYSICS; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

ATOMIC COHERENCE EFFECTS; INVERSIONLESS LASING RESEARCH; LASER GENERATION; LASING;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0033716492     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/2/3/201     Document Type: Article

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