Optical parametric oscillation with distributed feedback in cold atoms

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-104

  Schilke, Alexander ^a   Zimmermann, Claus ^a   Courteille, Philippe W ^b   Guerin, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 85027936439     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.320     Document Type: Article

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