The Livermore experience: Contributions of J. H. Eberly to laser excitation theory

Optics Express

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 28-43

  Shore, Bruce W ^a   Johnson, Michael A ^a   Kulander, Kenneth C ^a   Davis, James I ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ISOTOPES; LASER BEAMS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; URANIUM;

ATOMIC EXCITATION; COHERENT OPTICAL EFFECTS; POPULATION TRAPPING; PULSE PROPAGATION;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 3242802059     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.8.000028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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