Transverse Fresnel-Fizeau drag effects in strongly dispersive media

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Carusotto, I ^a,d   Artoni, M ^b   La Rocca, G C ^c   Bassani, F ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^d BEC INFM Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPARENCY;

ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; FRESNEL-FIZEAU LIGHT DRAG EFFECT; GROUP VELOCITY; SLOW LIGHT PROPAGATION;

OPTICS;

EID: 1142267540     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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