Gain components in the Autler-Townes doublet from quantum interferences in decay channels

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-

  Menon, Sunish ^a   Agarwal, G S ^a,b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

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EID: 85037177518     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.013807     Document Type: Article

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