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The recent development1 of laser cooling and trapping technique for neutral atoms has opened a possibility of realizing novel quantum many-atom systems. In this paper we discuss the nonlinear optical response of cold atoms with particular emphasis on its quantum statistical properties.
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Hiroshima, T., Yamamoto, Y. (1996). Nonlinear Optical Response of Cold Atoms. In: Eberly, J.H., Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics VII. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9742-8_67
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