Subluminal to superluminal propagation in a left-handed medium

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1131041-1131044

  Gupta, S Dutta ^a   Arun, R ^b   Agarwal, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

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AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 2142764510     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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