Temperature variation of ultraslow light in a cold gas

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-

  Morigi, G ^a   Agarwal, G S ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 85037250745     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.013801     Document Type: Article

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