Multiple scattering of light by atoms in the weak localization regime

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 4269-4272

  Jonckheere, Thibaut ^a   Müller, Cord A ^b   Kaiser, Robin ^b   Miniatura, Christian ^b   Delande, Dominique ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GROUND STATE; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; QUANTUM INTERNAL STRUCTURE; WEAK LOCALIZATION REGIME;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0342526956     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4269     Document Type: Article

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