Scattering of polarized laser light by an atomic gas in free space: A quantum stochastic differential equation approach

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Bouten, Luc ^a   Stockton, John ^a   Sarma, Gopal ^a   Mabuchi, Hideo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LASERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLARIMETERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ATOMIC GAS; HOMODYNE DETECTION; QUANTUM FILTERING; QUANTUM STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION (QSDE);

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 34347327126     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.052111     Document Type: Article

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