Master equation approach for interacting slow- and stationary-light polaritons

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kiffner, M ^a   Hartmann, M J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC MEDIA; DARK-STATE POLARITONS; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; LEVEL SCHEMES; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; LOSS MECHANISMS; MASTER EQUATIONS; POLARITONS;

EQUATIONS OF STATE; GROUND STATE; PHONONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SLOW LIGHT; SOLIDS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 77957145664     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.033813     Document Type: Article

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