Lattice array of molecular micromasers

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-41

  Search, Chris P ^a   Miyakawa, Takahiko ^a   Meystre, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; FERMIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

BOSONIC MOLECULES; INTERSITE TUNNELING; PHOTOASSOCIATION;

MASERS;

EID: 3042692842     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.000030     Document Type: Article

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