Coherence induced by a train of ultrashort pulses in a Λ-type system

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1124-1129

  Moreno, Marco P ^a   Vianna, Sandra S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; LIGHT PROPAGATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

A-TRAIN; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BLOCH EQUATION; COHERENT POPULATION TRAPPING; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; STEADY-STATE REGIME; THREE-LEVEL; TWO-PHOTON RESONANCE; TYPE SYSTEMS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 79959197722     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001124     Document Type: Article

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