Microwave field controlled slow and fast light with a coupled system consisting of a nanomechanical resonator and a Cooper-pair box

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 3621-3628

  Ma, Peng Cheng ^a,b   Xiao, Yin ^a   Yu, Ya Fei ^a   Zhang, Zhi Ming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAIYIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84893944340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.003621     Document Type: Article

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