On atomic time-of-arrival measurements with a laser of finite beam width

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2657-2669

  Damborenea, J A ^a   Egusquiza, I L ^a   Hegerfeldt, G C ^b   Muga, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; FLUORESCENCE; ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; LASER BEAMS; PHOTONS;

FLUORESCENCE PHOTONS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0038383778     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/36/12/320     Document Type: Article

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