Efficient low-intensity optical phase conjugation based on coherent population trapping in sodium

Optics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 982-984

  Hemmer, P R ^a   Katz, D P ^b   Donoghue, J ^c   Cronin Golomb, M ^c   Shahriar, M S ^d   Kumar, P ^e  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84975577432     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.20.000982     Document Type: Article

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