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THE RYDBERG ATOM TWO-PHOTON MASER

S. Haroche, M. Brune, J. M. Raimond, P. Goy, L. Davidovich

Published Jul 18, 1988• 0 citations
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Abstract

By sending a beam of excited atoms through a high Q cavity, one can realize new Quantum Optics devices with very interesting properties [1].

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