Proposal for high-precision atomic-parity-violation measurements by amplification of the asymmetry by stimulated emission in a transverse electric and magnetic field pump-probe experiment

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-28

  Guéna, Jocelyne ^a   Lintz, Michel ^a   Bouchiat, Marie Anne ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CESIUM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; PROBES; STIMULATED EMISSION; VAPORS;

ATOMIC PARITY VIOLATION MEASUREMENT; PUMP-PROBE EXPERIMENT; QUANTUM NOISE LIMITED MEASUREMENT; SPONTANEOUS SUPERRADIANT EMISSION;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 13444309263     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000021     Document Type: Article

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