Lifting of magnetic degeneracy in a parity-nonconserved atom by arbitrarily polarized light

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 192-194

  Wagnière, Georges H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0034383388     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19394     Document Type: Article

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