Phase-resolved measurements of stimulated emission in a laser

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7163, 2007, Pages 698-701

  Kröll, Josef ^a   Darmo, Juraj ^a   Dhillon, Sukhdeep S ^b,c   Marcadet, Xavier ^d   Calligaro, Michel ^d   Sirtori, Carlo ^b   Unterrainer, Karl ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION; LASER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

ARTICLE; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION FIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 35148835825     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06208     Document Type: Article

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