Spectra of single-atom lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2025-2034

  Clemens, J P ^a   Rice, P R ^b   Pedrotti, L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; LIGHT EMISSION; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

QUANTUM TRAJECTORY THEORY; SINGLE ATOM LASERS;

LASERS;

EID: 9244222213     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.002025     Document Type: Article

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