An efficient quantum memory based on two-level atoms

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Iakoupov, Ivan ^a   Sørensen, Anders S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ENSEMBLE; ATOMIC POLARIZATION; EXTERNAL FIELDS; INCOMING LIGHT; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; OPTICAL CONTROL; QUANTUM MEMORY; TWO-LEVEL ATOM;

LIGHT; POLARIZATION;

ATOMS;

EID: 84883372732     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/8/085012     Document Type: Article

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