Failure of the group-velocity description for ultrawideband pulse propagation in a causally dispersive, absorptive dielectric

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1773-1785

  Xiao, Hong ^a   Oughstun, Kurt E ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

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EID: 0033455708     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001773     Document Type: Article

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