Interference-induced splitting of resonances in spontaneous emission

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Arun, R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION;

ATOM-LIGHT INTERACTION; FOUR-LEVEL ATOM; INTERFERENCE-ASSISTED ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT DETUNING;

RESONANCE;

EID: 40849120603     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.033820     Document Type: Article

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