Atomic physics: An almost lightless laser

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Vuletic, Vladan
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Abstract
Lasers are often described in terms of a light field circulating in an optical resonator system. Now a laser has been demonstrated in which the field resides primarily in the atomic medium that is used to generate the light.
Date issued
2012-04
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80855
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Journal
Nature
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Citation
Vuletic, Vladan. “Atomic physics: An almost lightless laser.” Nature 484, no. 7392 (April 4, 2012): 43-44.
Version: Author's final manuscript
ISSN
0028-0836
1476-4687
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