Gain-assisted superluminal light propagation

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6793, 2000, Pages 277-279

  Wang, L J ^a   Kuzmich, A ^a   Dogariu, A ^a  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

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CESIUM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISPERSION; LIGHT; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPOR;

EID: 0034691571     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35018520     Document Type: Article

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