Observation of backward pulse propagation through a medium with a negative group velocity

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5775, 2006, Pages 895-897

  Gehring, George M ^a   Schweinsberg, Aaron ^a   Barsi, Christopher ^c   Kostinski, Natalie ^a,d   Boyd, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ENERGY FLOW; ERBIUM-DOPED OPTICAL FIBER; NEGATIVE VALUE; PULSE PROPAGATION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

ERBIUM; GLASS FIBER;

ENERGY FLOW; FIBER OPTICS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER; LIGHT INTENSITY; MATERIALS; OPTICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33646543738     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1124524     Document Type: Article

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