Slow- and fast-light: Fundamental limitations

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 54, Issue 16-17, 2007, Pages 2403-2411

  Boyd, Robert W ^a   Narum, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT VELOCITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ABSORPTION LINES; GROUP VELOCITY; LIGHT PULSES; LORENTZIAN GAIN;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 36949009843     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340701639649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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