Highly anomalous group velocity of light in ultracold rubidium gases

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 023805-023801

  Artoni, M ^a   La Rocca, G C ^b,c   Cataliotti, F S ^a   Bassani, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP VELOCITIES;

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RUBIDIUM;

LIGHT VELOCITY;

EID: 0042711290     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.63.023805     Document Type: Article

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