A two-state Raman coupler for coherent atom optics

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2319-2325

  Debs, J E ^a   Doring D ^a   Robins, N P ^a   Figl, C ^a   Altin, P A ^a   Close, J D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GROUND STATE; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTONS;

ATOMIC STATE; HYPERFINE GROUND STATE; INTERNAL STATE; LASER SYSTEMS; PHOTON CORRELATION; RAMAN LASERS; RAMAN TRANSITION; TWO-PHOTON TRANSITIONS;

ATOM LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 60549097445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.002319     Document Type: Article

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