Ultraslow propagation of an optical pulse in a three-state active Raman gain medium

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Jiang, K J ^a,b   Deng, L ^a   Payne, M G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTORTION-FREE PROPAGATION; PULSED PROBE FIELD; RAMAN GAIN MEDIUM;

RAMAN SCATTERING; SIGNAL DISTORTION; TRANSPARENCY;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 33749561370     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.041803     Document Type: Article

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