Coherent backscattering of light by resonant atomic dipole transitions

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 183-190

  Wilkowski, David ^a   Bidel, Yannick ^a,d   Chanelière, Thierry ^a   Delande, Dominique ^b   Jonckheere, Thibaut ^b,e   Klappauf, Bruce ^a,f   Labeyrie, Guillaume ^a   Miniatura, Christian ^a   Müller, Cord Axel ^c   Sigwarth, Olivier ^b   Kaiser, Robin ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GROUND STATE; QUANTUM THEORY;

COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; COLD ATOMIC VAPOR; RESONANT ATOMIC DIPOLE TRANSITION;

BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0347338068     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000183     Document Type: Article

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