Dark region observed in fluorescence under the condition of a quadrupole magnetic field

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 023406-023401

  Long, Quan ^a   Zhou, Shuyu ^a   Zhou, Shanyu ^a   Wang, Yuzhu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATOMS; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRON TRAPS; LASER TUNING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COHERENT POPULATION TRAP; DARK REGION; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP; QUADRUPOLE MAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; SATURATION HOLE BURNING; SCATTERING PATH INTERFERENCE; VACUUM FIELD COUPLING;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0034251311     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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