Freezing light with cold atoms

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 587-599

  Havey, Mark D ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anderson localisation; Light localisation; Quantum optics; Ultracold atomic physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949126631     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510903024321     Document Type: Article

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