High-resolution spectroscopy of hyperfine Zeeman components of the sodium D1 line by coherent population trapping

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2456-2460

  Motomura, Koji ^a   Mitsunaga, Masaharu ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; RESONANCE; SODIUM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ZEEMAN COMPONENTS;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 0037875080     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002456     Document Type: Article

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