Ultraslow temporal vector optical solitons in a cold four-level tripod atomic system

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 478-486

  Si, Liu Gang ^a   Yang, Wen Xing ^b   Yang, Xiaoxue ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION; SOLITONS;

CROSS PHASE MODULATION; CROSS PHASE MODULATION EFFECT; DISPERSION EFFECT; DISTORTION-FREE; GROUP VELOCITIES; OPTICAL SOLITON; POLARIZED COMPONENTS; RAMAN EXCITATION;

VECTORS;

EID: 63149126788     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000478     Document Type: Article

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