Slow-light interferometry: Practical limitations to spectroscopic performance

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Shi, Zhimin ^a   Boyd, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

ASSOCIATED GAIN; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; GROUP INDEX; LIGHT INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MEDIUM; UPPER LIMITS;

SLOW LIGHT;

EID: 59949097509     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.00C136     Document Type: Article

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