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Optical bistability with two-level atoms

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Kimble, H.J., Grant, D.E., Rosenberger, A.T., Drummond, P.D. (1983). Optical bistability with two-level atoms. In: Harvey, J.D., Walls, D.F. (eds) Laser Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 182. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-12305-9_2

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