Electric and magnetic dipole transitions of an atom in the presence of spherical dielectric interface

Laser Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-73

  Klimov, V V ^a   Letokhov, V S ^b  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPECTROSCOPY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS;

DECAY RATES OF ELECTRIC (E1); MAGNETIC (M1) DIPOLE TRANSITIONS; MICROSPHERES; PHOTON WAVEFUNCTIONS; SPHERICAL DIELECTRIC INTERFACES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 15744375348     PISSN: 1054660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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