Double jumps and transition rates for two dipole-interacting atoms

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 393-404

  Addicks, S U ^a   Beige, A ^b   Dakna, M ^a   Hegerfeldt, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC DISTANCES; CLOSED FORM; CO-OPERATIVE EFFECTS; DARK PERIODS; JUMP RATE; LASER DETUNING; MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM; QUANTUM JUMPS; TRANSITION RATES; WAVE LENGTH;

ATOMS;

EID: 0035596954     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100530170156     Document Type: Article

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