The role of hyperfine pumping in multilevel systems exhibiting saturated absorption

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 631-637

  Smith, David A ^a   Hughes, Ifan G ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442543639     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1652039     Document Type: Article

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