Phase transition in a radiation-matter interaction with recoil and collisions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 4520-4523

  Perrin, M ^a   Lippi, G L ^a   Politi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTOEMISSION; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATOMIC DECAY RATES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0035858406     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4520     Document Type: Article

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