Velocity-selective coherent population trapping of two-level atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 013405-013401

  Hack, J ^a   Liu, L ^a   Olshanii, M ^a,b   Metcalf, H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; GROUND STATE; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; QUANTUM THEORY; VELOCITY;

ATOMIC PHASE SPACE DISTRIBUTION; ATOMIC QUANTUM NUMBER; LASER COOLING; TWO LEVEL ATOMS; VELOCITY SELECTIVE COHERENT POPULATION TRAPPING;

ATOMS;

EID: 0034227452     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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