Analytic solutions of the Maxwell-Bloch equations for high photon-echo efficiency of multiple pulse sequences

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 379-390

  Tsang, Leung ^a,c   Cornish, Carrie Sjaarda ^a   Babbitt, William Randall ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO SUPPRESSION; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTONS;

MAXWELL-BLOCH EQUATIONS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0038046376     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000379     Document Type: Article

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