Propagation analysis of ultrashort pulses in resonant dielectric media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2404-2413

  Pinhasi, Yosef ^a   Yahalom, Asher ^a   Pinhasi, Gad A ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATION; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BROADBAND SIGNAL; CARRIER FREQUENCY; DIELECTRIC MEDIA; DISPERSIVE EFFECTS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GAUSSIANS; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH; MODULATED SIGNAL; PROPAGATING PULSE; PULSE WIDTH; RESONANT MEDIUM; SPACE-FREQUENCY; SUPERLUMINAL; ULTRA WIDE BAND RADIATIONS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNAL;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 73849149970     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.002404     Document Type: Article

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