Strongly focused light beams interacting with single atoms in free space

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 023809-023801

  Van Enk, S J ^a   Kimble, H J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; FOCUSING; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PHOTONS;

FOCUSED LIGHT BEAMS; GAUSSIAN LIGHT BEAMS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0035250983     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.63.023809     Document Type: Article

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