Influence of radiative damping on the optical-frequency susceptibility

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 238141-238146

  Milonni, P W ^a   Boyd, Robert W ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DAMPING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; RESONANCE; VECTORS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY SUSCEPTIBILITY; RADIATIVE DAMPING;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 1942539044     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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