Dark states and interferences in cascade transitions of ultracold atoms in a cavity

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 438121-438129

  Arun, R ^a   Agarwal, G S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMILTONIANS; INTEGRATION; MASERS; PHOTONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CASCADE TRANSITIONS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0036818620     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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