Optical precursors in transparent media

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  MacKe, Bruno ^a   Ségard, Bernard ^a  

^a CERLA Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche Lasers et Applications   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BRILLOUIN PRECURSOR; DISPERSIVE MEDIUM; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; LINEAR PROPAGATION; OPTICAL CARRIERS; OPTICAL PRECURSORS; TRANSPARENT MEDIA;

SLOW LIGHT;

EID: 68549101829     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.011803     Document Type: Article

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