Numerical simulations of atomic decay in cavities and material media

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 582-592

  Buzek V ^a,b   Drobny G ^a   Kim, Min Gyu ^a   Havukainen, M ^c   Knight, P L ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038174994     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.582     Document Type: Article

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