Interference of spontaneous emission of light from two solid-state atomic ensembles

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Afzelius, M ^a   Staudt, M U ^a   De Riedmatten, H ^a   Simon, C ^a   Hastings Simon, S R ^a   Ricken, R ^b   Suche, H ^b   Sohler, W ^b   Gisin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES;

ERBIUM IONS; EXCITATION PULSES; QUANTUM SYSTEMS; SOLID STATE ATOMIC ENSEMBLES;

WAVE INTERFERENCE;

EID: 36448930560     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/11/413     Document Type: Article

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