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Physical Review A

Publisher's Note: Spontaneous emission of a cesium atom near a nanofiber: Efficient coupling of light to guided modes [Phys. Rev. A72, 032509 (2005)]

Fam Le Kien, S. Dutta Gupta, V. I. Balykin, K. Hakuta

Published Oct 19, 2005• 5 citations
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10.1103/physreva.72.049904

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