A Stern-Gerlach experiment for slow light

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 332-335

  Karpa, Leon ^a   Weitz, Martin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE PHYSIK   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

SLOW LIGHT;

EID: 33646862172     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys284     Document Type: Article

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