Superluminal delays of coherent pulses in nondissipative media: A universal mechanism

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 586-590

  Japha, Y ^a   Kurizki, G ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 33847557182     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.586     Document Type: Article

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