Theory and simulations of superluminal optical pulses in gain media

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 3514-3518

  Bolda, Eric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0042189215     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.3514     Document Type: Article

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