Investigation of quantum coherence excitation and coherence transfer in an inhomogeneously broadened rare-earth doped solid

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5350-5361

  Ham, Byoung S ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM THEORY; RARE EARTHS; SOLIDS;

COHERENCE TRANSFER; QUANTUM COHERENCE EXCITATION;

COHERENT LIGHT;

LANTHANIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTON; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METALS, RARE EARTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 42149112240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005350     Document Type: Article

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