Observation of simultaneous fast and slow light

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Bianucci, Pablo ^a   Fietz, Chris R ^a   Robertson, John W ^a   Shvets, Gennady ^a   Shih, Chih Kang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LASER PULSES; MICROSPHERES; SILICA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

MICRORESONATORS; SILICA MICROSPHERES;

RESONATORS;

EID: 43949107554     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.053816     Document Type: Article

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