Subluminal and superluminal pulse propagation in a left-handed/right-handed periodic structure

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 756-761

  Manga Rao, V S C ^a   Dutta Gupta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Pulse propagation; Subluminal; Superluminal

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; LIGHT REFLECTION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; TUNING;

EFFECTIVE INDEX; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PULSE PROPAGATION; WAVE-PACKETS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 4043060021     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/8/003     Document Type: Article

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