Precise control of superluminal and slow light propagation by transverse phase modulation

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 6201-6206

  Guedes, I ^a   Misoguti, L ^a   Zilio, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 85010093054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006201     Document Type: Article

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