Observable effects of Kerr nonlinearity on slow light

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Dey, T N ^a   Agarwal, G S ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

KERR FIELDS; KERR NONLINEARITY;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 34547306356     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.015802     Document Type: Article

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