Quantum-mechanical interference between optical transitions: The effect of laser intensity noise

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2515-2517

  Camparo, J C ^a   Lambropoulos, P ^b,c,d  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER INTENSITY NOISE; OPTICAL TRANSITION; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL INTERFERENCE; RESONANCE-ENHANCED PHOTOIONIZATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PHASE CONTROL; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 18344362077     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.2515     Document Type: Article

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