Linear pulse propagation in stationary and nonstationary multilevel media in the transient regime

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 601-611

  Sweetser, John N ^a   Walmsley, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0030533609     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000601     Document Type: Article

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