Theory of a slow-light catastrophe

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 15-

  Leonhardt, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84885114049     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.043818     Document Type: Article

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