Quantum Electronics

Stimulated radiative decay of a metastable state of the helium atom

Лев Абрамович Ривлин

Published Nov 30, 2004• 1 citation

Abstract

The possibility of observing stimulated emission of VUV photons upon a direct transition from the 2 3 S 1 metastable state of the atomic helium in a Bose—Einstein condensate is demonstrated.

DOI: 10.1070/qe2004v034n11abeh002839

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