Slow light in various media: A tutorial

Advances in Optics and Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-318

  Khurgin, Jacob B ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

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EID: 77958009637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AOP.2.000287     Document Type: Article

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