Strong-field two-photon absorption in atomic cesium: An analytical control approach

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7648-7657

  Lee, Sangkyung ^a   Lim, Jongseok ^a   Ahn, Jaewook ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CESIUM; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; PHASE MATCHING; PHOTONS; PULSE SHAPING; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

ANALYTIC CALCULATIONS; ANALYTICAL CONTROL; ATOMIC POPULATION; CHIRPED LASER PULSE; LASER-ATOM INTERACTIONS; RESONANT CONDITION; SHAPED LASER PULSE; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

ATOM LASERS;

CESIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING;

CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 66549101144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007648     Document Type: Article

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