Microscopic characterization of Lévy flights of light in atomic vapors

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Mercadier, N ^a   Chevrollier, M ^b   Guerin, W ^a   Kaiser, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC VAPOR; LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SCATTERING EVENTS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

VAPORS;

EID: 84879471855     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.063837     Document Type: Article

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