Marking slow light signals with fast optical precursors in the regime of electromagnetically induced transparency

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-66

  Bao, Qian Qian ^a,b   Fang, Bo ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Cui, Cui Li ^a   Wu, Jin Hui ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; FALLING EDGE; LIGHT SIGNAL; LIGHT-PULSE SEQUENCE; MAIN PULSE; OPTICAL PRECURSORS; PROBE SIGNALS;

PROBES; SLOW LIGHT;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 84898069171     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.31.000062     Document Type: Article

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