Stationary pulses of light in an atomic medium

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6967, 2003, Pages 638-641

  Bajcsy, M ^a   Zibrov, A S ^a,b,c   Lukin, M D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETISM; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

LIGHT PULSES;

LIGHT;

RUBIDIUM;

LIGHT;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL DETECTION; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0347185346     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02176     Document Type: Article

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