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Optics Communications

Adiabatic population transfer in three-level system with non-zero two-photon detuning

G. G. Grigoryan, Y. Pashayan-Leroy

Published Oct 1, 2001• 17 citations
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10.1016/s0030-4018(01)01502-4

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