Transform-limited pulses are not optimal for resonant multiphoton transitions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-50

  Dudovich, Nirit ^a   Dayan, Barak ^a   Gallagher Faeder, Sarah M ^a   Silberberg, Yaron ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS;

LIGHT MATTER INTERACTION; RESONANT MULTIPHOTON TRANSITION; TRANSFORM LIMITED PULSE;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 15544373351     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.47     Document Type: Article

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