Phase-matched emission from an optically thin medium following one-photon pulse excitation: Energy considerations

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Berman, P R ^a   Le Gouet J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC CALCULATIONS; DENSITY LIMIT; EMISSION INTENSITY; EMISSION PROCESS; ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS; PHOTON PULSE; SINGLE-PHOTON PULSE; TOTAL ENERGY;

ATOMS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTONS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 79952714525     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.035804     Document Type: Article

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