Comparison of metastability-exchange optical pumping sources

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2068-2074

  Gentile, Thomas R ^a   Hayden, Michael E ^b   Barlow, Michael J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); FIBER LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

METASTABILITY;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 0242301213     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002068     Document Type: Article

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