Observation of Raman self-focusing in an alkali-metal vapor cell

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Proite, N A ^a   Unks, B E ^a   Green, J T ^a   Yavuz, D D ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; RAMAN SCATTERING; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; VAPORS;

ALKALI-METAL VAPOR CELLS; NONLINEAR INDEX; RAMAN RESONANCE; TWO-PHOTON DETUNING;

ALKALI METALS;

EID: 40749104178     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.023819     Document Type: Article

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