The speed of information in a 'fast-light' optical medium

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6959, 2003, Pages 695-698

  Stenner, Michael D ^a   Gauthier, Daniel J ^a   Neifeld, Mark A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

OPTICAL MEDIUM;

RELATIVITY;

ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VACUUM; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0142215480     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02016     Document Type: Article

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