Coherent control of optical information with matter wave dynamics

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7128, 2007, Pages 623-626

  Ginsberg, Naomi S ^a   Garner, Sean R ^a   Hau, Lene Vestergaard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; LASER METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ILLUMINATION; LASER; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 33846931545     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05493     Document Type: Article

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