Vacuum-induced coherences in radiatively coupled multilevel systems

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Agarwal, G S ^a,b   Patnaik, Anil K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 18344374745     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.63.043805     Document Type: Article

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