Signal velocity, causality, and quantum noise in superluminal light pulse propagation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 3925-3929

  Kuzmich, A ^a   Dogariu, A ^a   Wang, L J ^a   Milonni, P W ^b   Chiao, R Y ^c  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT VELOCITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CAUSALITY; QUANTUM NOISE; SIGNAL VELOCITY; SUPERLUMINAL LIGHT PULSE PROPAGATION;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0035971793     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3925     Document Type: Article

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