Characterization of coherent population-trapping resonances as atomic frequency references

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1545-1553

  Knappe, Svenja ^a   Wynands, Robert ^a   Kitching, John ^b   Robinson, Hugh G ^b   Hollberg, Leo ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRAPS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RESONANCE;

DETUNING;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 0035619749     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001545     Document Type: Article

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