Coherent backscattering in nonlinear atomic media: Quantum Langevin approach

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Grémaud, Benoît ^a   Wellens, Thomas ^a,b   Delande, Dominique ^a   Miniatura, Christian ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOCHROMATORS; QUANTUM THEORY; VACUUM;

BLOCH EQUATIONS; COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; NONLINEAR ATOMIC MEDIA; QUANTUM ELECTROMAGNETIC VACUUM FLUCTUATIONS;

BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 33748681718     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.033808     Document Type: Article

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