Coherent transients: Optical precursors and O π pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Jeong, Heejeong ^a   Österberg, Ulf ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; DISPERSIVE MEDIUM; OPTICAL PRECURSORS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; QUANTUM EFFECTS; SHORT PULSE PROPAGATION; TRANSIENT EFFECT;

IMPULSE RESPONSE;

EID: 51849094533     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.0000B1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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