Reduced model for the description of radiation-matter interaction including atomic recoil

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Javaloyes, J ^a   Lippi, G L ^a   Politi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RADIATION;

ATOMIC RECOIL; BUFFER GAS; RADIATION MATTER INTERACTION;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0344928519     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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